Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium
The Wolff
Former namesSan Antonio Municipal Stadium (1994–1995)[1]
Location5757 West US Highway 90
San Antonio, Texas
United States
Coordinates29°24′32.87″N 98°36′4.01″W / 29.4091306°N 98.6011139°W / 29.4091306; -98.6011139
OwnerCity of San Antonio
OperatorElmore Sports Group
Capacity9,200
Field sizeLeft field: 310 feet (94 m)
Center field: 402 feet (123 m)
Right field: 340 feet (100 m)
SurfaceGrass
Scoreboard16 by 22 ft (4.9 by 6.7 m) LED video screen
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 5, 1993[2]
OpenedApril 18, 1994
Construction cost$10.5 million[1]
($20.7 million in 2022 dollars[3])
ArchitectHOK Sport
Ford, Powell & Carson
Services engineerJasmine Engineering, Inc.[4]
General contractorLyda/Bartlett Cocke
Tenants
San Antonio Missions (TL/PCL/Double-A Central) 1994–present

Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium (informally Wolff Stadium) is a stadium in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the San Antonio Missions Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League. The UTSA Roadrunners baseball team also plays some home games at the stadium. The stadium is named for Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who is a former Texas legislator and San Antonio councilman and mayor.

The Wolff is located about 8 miles (13 km) to the west of Downtown San Antonio. It was opened on April 18, 1994, (as the San Antonio Municipal Stadium) and has 6,200 fixed seats and a grass berm in left field that can seat about 3,000. The stadium features 14 luxury suites, a 500-person picnic area down the right field line, and an all-you-can-eat-and-drink fiesta deck that can be rented for groups of 25 to 200 people. The dimensions (from home plate to the outfield wall) are: 310 feet (94 m) to left field, 402 feet (123 m) to center field, and 340 feet (100 m) to right field.

Features

The playing field

Viewing the stadium from the outside entrance (behind home plate) there are two large brick bell towers, in keeping with a southwestern theme, and echoing an architectural feature of the old Mission Stadium. Shaded seating in the stadium can be found in the Infield Reserved section 200–208 in the back 6 rows. There are no poles to impede views as seen in some older minor league parks. A concourse wraps around the playing field and provides spectators varied views of the game and stadium.

The section behind home plate has individual seats; the left and right field seating areas, however, are entirely made up of bleachers.

Planes can often be seen flying into and out of Lackland Air Force Base behind the outfield wall. The Missions regularly have "Military Night", inviting recently graduated troops to Friday night games.

Notable events

On July 7, 1997, the ballpark hosted the Double-A All-Star Game in which a team of American League-affiliated All-Stars defeated a team of National League-affiliated All-Stars, 4–0, before 7,114 people in attendance.[5]

Wolff Stadium hosted the 2011 Texas League All-Star Game.[6]

The third annual Mala Luna Music Festival was held from October 27–28, 2018, in the parking lot outside of the stadium.[7]

In April 2021, the stadium was announced as the site for two Mexican League exhibition games, between Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos and the Acereros de Monclova.[8]

Stadium upgrades

Following the 2006 season, the City of San Antonio approved a revised lease of Wolff Stadium. The San Antonio Missions took control of the stadium with plans to invest $1.2 million to improving the concession areas, create a "fiesta deck" in left field, improve the sound system, replace the scoreboard in right field with an LED one, and repaint.[9] In addition, the city invested $300,000 for new lighting.[9] The lease called for the Missions to spend 10 years in the stadium, with three additional options of five years each.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Knight, Graham. "Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ Michael Point (April 6, 1995). "Opening night arrives for popular Missions". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  3. ↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wolff Municipal Baseball Stadium". Jasmine Engineering, Inc. Archived from the original on April 14, 2004. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ "American Double A All-Stars Win". Hartford Courant. Hartford. July 8, 1997. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Whisler, John (June 30, 2011). "Darnell Leads South to All-Star Victory". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Hernandez, Erica (August 6, 2018). "Cardi B and other top hip-hop and EDM acts to perform at Mala Luna Festival". KSAT. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Missions to host Mexican League exhibitions". MiLB.com (Press release). April 8, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "Missions Get Revised Lease". Minor League Baseball. November 16, 2006. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
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