Ralph and Debbie Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field (also
Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field) is a baseball
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in
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. It is the home field of the
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baseball team. It was also the home of the defunct
Mid-Missouri MavericksThe Mid-Missouri Mavericks are a former minor league baseball team which played in Columbia, Missouri, in the United States. The team was a member of the independent Frontier League, and has no association with a Major League Baseball team. From 2003 through 2005 the team played at Taylor...
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baseball team of the
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. It originally opened in 2002 and holds 3,000 people.
Renovations are currently underway that will add at least 600 seats down the rightfield line, with additional seats down the leftfield line planned for the future.
Also part of the renovations is be a new state-of-the-art clubhouse for the Tigers and a new facility to be built behind the rightfield wall that would contain indoor batting cages and new coaches' offices.
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Ralph and Debbie Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field (also
Taylor Stadium at Simmons Field) is a baseball
stadiumA modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.-History of the stadium:The word originates from the Greek word...
in
Columbia, MissouriColumbia is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With an estimated population of 100,733 in 2008, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone...
. It is the home field of the
University of MissouriThe University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
baseball team. It was also the home of the defunct
Mid-Missouri MavericksThe Mid-Missouri Mavericks are a former minor league baseball team which played in Columbia, Missouri, in the United States. The team was a member of the independent Frontier League, and has no association with a Major League Baseball team. From 2003 through 2005 the team played at Taylor...
minor leagueMinor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in...
baseball team of the
Frontier LeagueThe Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. Though not part...
. It originally opened in 2002 and holds 3,000 people.
Renovations are currently underway that will add at least 600 seats down the rightfield line, with additional seats down the leftfield line planned for the future.
Also part of the renovations is be a new state-of-the-art clubhouse for the Tigers and a new facility to be built behind the rightfield wall that would contain indoor batting cages and new coaches' offices. Plans also call for a new scoreboard and video board at Taylor Stadium.
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