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| Former names | The Ballpark at St. John's |
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| Address | 80th Drive andUtopia Parkway (betweenUnion Turnpike andGrand Central Parkway) |
| Location | Jamaica, Queens, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°43′25″N73°47′30″W / 40.723647°N 73.791704°W /40.723647; -73.791704 |
| Seating type | metal bleachers |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Electronic |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Construction cost | $6 million[1] |
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| St. John's Red Storm Baseball | |
Jack Kaiser Stadium, originally known asThe Ballpark at St. John's, is abaseballstadium located on the campus ofSt. John's University in the neighborhood ofHillcrest near the neighborhoods ofJamaica andFresh Meadows in New York City. Formerly used by the now-defunctQueens Kingsminor league team in its inaugural season of 2000,[1][2][3] it is currently used by theSt. John's Red Storm baseball team.
After the 1999 season, theNew York Mets purchased theSt. Catharines Stompers of theNew York–Penn League, planning to move them from Ontario to Brooklyn. However, the stadium for the newly mintedBrooklyn Cyclones would not be ready until 2001 (nor would their affiliation contract with theToronto Blue Jays expire until then), so the Mets decided to "park" the franchise inQueens for the 2000 season, dubbing them theQueens Kings. Striking a deal withSt. John's University, the Mets built a ballpark for the Kings, then donated it to the school and theRed Stormcollege baseball team, which plays inDivision IBig East Conference of theNCAA. In 2007, the stadium was named for St. John's All-American baseball playerJohn W. "Jack" Kaiser. Kaiser, who played in the late 1940s, was head coach of the baseball team from 1956 to 1973, athletic director from 1973 to 1995, and is currently emeritus athletic director at St. John's University.[2] The stadium holds 3,500 people.[1][2]
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