J. P. Riddle Stadium is a stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina owned by

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(FTCC). It is primarily used for

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and was the home of the

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/ Cape Fear Crocs baseball team. The ballpark has a capacity of 2,500 to 5,000 people and opened in 1987. J. P. Riddle Stadium is currently home to the FTCC Trojans. It was the 19-year home of the Fayetteville SwampDogs of the collegiate summer baseball

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. The SwampDogs announced on October 3, 2019 that they would sit out the 2020 Coastal Plain League season and relocate afterwards, having failed to reach a new lease agreement. The stadium has been nicknamed the Swamp. The Carolina Coyotes of the collegiate summer baseball Old North State League played the 2020 season at J. P. Riddle Stadium, allowing only 25 spectators per game due to the

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. In 2021, the team was renamed the Fayetteville Chutes.

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