 Holloway Field shortly after installation of lights | |
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| Former names | Spencer Park |
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| Location | Spencer Park, Market Street,Newmarket, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 27°26′19″S153°0′40″E / 27.43861°S 153.01111°E /-27.43861; 153.01111 |
| Owner | Queensland Government |
| Capacity | 1500 seated |
| Field size | Left Field – 335 feet (102 m) Center Field – 358 feet (109 m) Right Field – 315 feet (96 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 10 May 1964 |
| Renovated | 1982, 1984 |
| Expanded | 1986 |
| Tenants | |
| Windsor Royals Netherlands National Baseball Team Claxton Shield Brisbane Bandits (2013–current) | |
Holloway Field (officiallyViticon Stadium[1], formerlyOnehub Stadium, powered by Optus[2]) is abaseball stadium inNewmarket,Brisbane,Queensland, Australia. It is the home to theBrisbane Bandits of theAustralian Baseball League andWindsor Royals baseball club.
After the formation of the Windsor Royals in 1955, the club looked for a permanent site to play baseball. Originally, Crosby Park inAlbion was planned to be the new ground for the Royals, but was rejected by theBrisbane City Council. In 1964, the club was approved to break ground for a stadium at Spencer Park in Newmarket. On 10 May 1964, the ground was officially named Holloway Field after the Windsor fFoundationand life member, Stan Holloway. It was expanded and renovated in 1986 and again was refurbished to accommodate theBrisbane Bandits homeAustralian Baseball League fixtures after they moved from theBrisbane Exhibition Ground for the2013–14 season.
The field itself is a fully fenced and regulation-size field with covered sunken dugouts, two bullpens, two battery cages, two officials' boxes, a scorers' box and seating for 1500.Floodlighting was added on 24 September 1982 and a sprinkler system two years later. It was prior to the2000 Summer Olympics the training camp of the Netherlands national baseball team and has hosted a variety of international baseball matches, including the World Master Games. It was the home ground of theQueensland Rams forClaxton Shield games prior to the reformation of theABL.[3]
With the arrival of theBrisbane Bandits for the 2013–14 season also came upgrades to the ballpark.[4] A new brick backstop, new backstop netting, seating added to the tiered grandstands as well as a refurbished infield. A progressive replacement plan for the lighting towers was implemented to bring Holloway Field up to the highest standard for night games. After the completion of theMajor League Baseball Opening Series at theSydney Cricket Ground in 2014, the foul poles that were fabricated for the event were relocated to Brisbane and erected at Holloway Field prior to the2014–15 Australian Baseball League season.[5]