Park Name: Mackenzie Stadium Tenants: Valley Blue Sox (New England Collegiate Baseball League) Opened: 1933 Address: 500 Beech Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040 Dimensions: 327' (L), 377' (C), 327' (R) Former Tenants: Holyoke Millers (Eastern League) 1977-1982 Pittsfield Mets (New York-Penn League) 1997-1998 {Alternate Field} Holyoke Giants (New England Collegiate Baseball League) 2004-2007 Holyoke Blue Sox (New England Collegiate Baseball League) 2008-2013 The main seating area is a large football-style grandstand that runs along the first base line. The grounds were likely used for football when the stadium was built in the 1930's. The grandstand is built into a hillside and features long rows of bleacher seating with the pressbox perched on top. Because the stadium is built into a natural hill there is no permanent seating behind home plate, just a steep grassy berm. Small, extremely steep bleacher sections sit behind the backstop, with smaller aluminum bleachers on either side. A covered party deck sits down the third base line at Mackenzie Stadium, next to the field level dugout. More group seating sits in the left field corner, along with plenty of room for fans to bring their own chairs. Mackenzie Stadium is located in a residential area of Holyoke, and houses peek out from the trees behind the outfield fence. |