Riverfront Stadium

Park Name: Cost Cutters Field at Waterloo Riverfront Stadium

Tenants: Waterloo Bucks (Northwoods League)


Opened: 1946

Address: 850 Park Road, Waterloo, Iowa 50703

Dimensions: 335' (L), 375' (C), 335' (R)


Former Names:

Municipal Stadium (1946-1993)


Former Tenants:

Waterloo White Hawks (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League) 1946-1956

Waterloo Hawks (Midwest League) 1958-1966

Waterloo Royals (Midwest League) 1967-1976

Waterloo Indians (Midwest League) 1977-1988

University of Northern Iowa Panthers (NCAA Division I) 1979-2009

Waterloo Diamonds (Midwest League) 1989-1993

The view from behind home plate at Riverfront Stadium.

The view from down the first base line.

The view from down the third base line.

The grandstand at Riverfront Stadium, as seen from the left field corner of the park.

The press box sits at the top of the grandstand behind home plate.

Most of the seating in the park is on blue wooden benches.

Two sets of box seats, featuring more traditional stadium seats, are located closest to the backstop.

Several sets of open bleachers run down the outfield lines.

Banners along the top of the bleachers celebrate the Bucks division and league championships.

Open field boxes are set into the left field set of bleachers.

A fenced off picnic area sits beside the Bucks bullpen in the left field corner of the field.

An elevated wooden party deck sets at the right field end of the grandstand.

Batting cages sit behind the right field party deck.

Bucky's Backyard Ballpark, a child-sized baseball diamond, sits behind the first base bleachers.

A children's play area on the outer concourse features Bucks themed inflatables and video game machines. Flags of Northwoods League teams run along the fence behind it.

The concourse runs behind the grandstand with concession stands and a souvenir store underneath the stands.

The field features a wide area of foul territory behind home plate.

The tall outfield wall comes to a sharp corner in the deepest part of center field.

The scoreboard stands behind the right field fence.

A freight train rolls by the left field corner of the park during a ballgame.

The Waterloo Bucks on the field during a game at Waterloo Riverfront Stadium.