Loeb Stadium
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Loeb Stadium is a stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Columbian Park Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...

, United States
United States
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. It was primarily used for baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 and was the home of Ohio Valley Redcoats
Ohio Valley Redcoats
The Ohio Valley Redcoats are a minor league baseball team in the independent Frontier League which currently has suspended operations while in search of a new stadium.-Team history:...

 and later the Lafayette Leopards.

The ballpark had a capacity of 3,500 people and opened in 1940.

It is home to the Colt League Baseball World Series every August since 1974 and home to the Lafayette Jefferson High School Bronchos for IHSAA Baseball. It has hosted the IHSAA Baseball State Finals four times, most recently in 2005.
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