Parkway Field

Louisville, KY

Home Teams: Louisville White Sox (NNL1 1931), Louisville Black Caps (NSL 1932), Louisville Buckeyes (NAL 1949)	Dimensions: LF 329 CF 467 RF 345 Deepest left center 512
Capacity: 13,198 (1938) 13,496 (1952)	Opening Day: May 1, 1923
AKA: Colonels Field	Cost: $100,000

This park was built in 1923 by William F. Knebelkamp, and was criticized for it. Baseball wasn't too strong in Louisville at that time, but once they saw the large concrete and steel park with a large grandstand, the masses were happy. Nothing like this had been built in Louisville before. The left field wall is very tall to protect the road behind it and the large, hand operated scoreboard that used to be there.

The grandstand was torn down in 1961, but the brick walls (pictured above) still remain. This field was used by the University of Louisville until they moved into Cardinal Stadium.