Kennedy Center Field is a community baseball field at the Kennedy Center

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recreation camp on

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about north of

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. The field is used by the

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. The field had almost no provisions for spectators, and limited locker rooms, in 2014, the university funded an upgrade with some spectator facilities and an artificial turf infield, but the field remains unlighted. The upgrades were accompanied with a five-year lease from the school. Because of its inadequacies, Marshall played all

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home games at

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in Charleston, from campus. For the 2019 season, the university funded further upgrades which allowed all its games to be played at the venue. Because the facility lies outside the city's

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and is on the banks of the

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, games are often cancelled or moved to an assortment of alternative fields. In particular, Marshall has often played home games at Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley, which is from campus. The facility is named for Daniel Kennedy of Huntington, WV. In 2018, the school purchased land near campus for a new baseball venue. Its projected completion date is March 2024.

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