Heaton Stadium was a

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, United States. It was the home field of the

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from 1988 to 1994. After the 1994 season the site was redeveloped as the GreenJackets' next home,

Lake Olmstead Stadium Lake Olmstead Stadium is a baseball park in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was built between the 1994 and 1995 seasons to replace Heaton Stadium on the same site and can hold 4,822 people. The stadium also serves as an outdoor-arena style ev ...

. Heaton Stadium was named for Bill Heaton, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and partner in the team ownership who worked for six years to bring a minor league club to Augusta. Heaton reportedly built the stadium with his own money, assembling bleachers bought from other locations with the help of volunteers and high school workers paid minimum wage.

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