Kiwanis Park
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Kiwanis Park is a 3,500 seat (expandable to 7,500) baseball field located in Moncton, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. The field was donated to the City of Moncton in 1953 by the local Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Kiwanis International is an international, coeducational service club founded in 1915. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Current membership is 240,000 members in 7,700 clubs in 80 nations...

. It is the largest baseball field in Canada east of Quebec City. The field is the current home of the Moncton Mets
Moncton Mets
The Moncton Mets are an amateur, minor league baseball team based in Moncton, New Brunswick. They play in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League but participate in a crossover schedule with the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League. In 2006 the team captured the highest honour in amateur league...

 and Moncton's newest New Brunswick Senior Baseball League team, the Hub City Brewers. It has played host to many baseball tournaments including the 1975 Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
The Intercontinental Cup is a baseball tournament between the members of the International Baseball Federation . It was first held in 1973 in Italy, and was held every other year following until 1999....

, the 1997 World Junior Baseball Championship, and the 2004 Baseball Canada Senior Championship.

In June 2010, the a $2 million upgrade was completed which included artificial turf, batting cages, bleachers, bullpens, new dugouts, new sod, outfield fence, a modern drainage system, and a new lighting system.
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