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| Former names | Lucas County Stadium |
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| Location | 2901 Key StreetMaumee, Ohio 43537 |
| Coordinates | 41°35′04″N83°38′39″W / 41.58456°N 83.644203°W /41.58456; -83.644203 |
| Owner | Lucas County |
| Capacity | 10,025[1] |
| Field size | Left field: 325 ft Center field: 410 ft Right field: 325 ft[citation needed] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Closed | 2022 |
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| Toledo Mud Hens (IL) (1965–2002) | |
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Ned Skeldon Stadium, originally opened asLucas County Stadium, was abaseball stadium inMaumee, Ohio. It was primarily used forbaseball, and was the home field of theToledo Mud Hensminor league baseball team. It opened for minor league ball in 1965, and closed for the minors in 2002 when the Mud Hens moved toFifth Third Field. It held 10,197 people. The stadium replacedSwayne Field, which had been demolished after the previous version of the Mud Hens had folded ten years earlier.
Prior to 1965, the ballpark was the racetrack of the Lucas County fairgrounds, a.k.a.Fort Miami Fairgrounds, as far back as 1902. Public officialNed Skeldon persuaded area businessmen to sponsor conversion of the stadium for use as a ballpark, for the purpose of reviving the Mud Hens. The racetrack stands were converted into the third-base stands, and additional seating was constructed around the home plate and first base sides, also suites were added that were called "The Diamond Club". The whole area was redeveloped as the Lucas County Recreation Center.
The scoreboard at "The Ned" was an oldFair Play Scoreboards model with a small four line message board along the bottom in monochrome that would run small (under 20 frame) animations and text throughout the game.
Lucas County Stadium would be the home of the Mud Hens for 37 years. In 1988 the stadium was renamed in honor of Skeldon, a few months before his death. After he departure of the Mud Hens, the ballpark was maintained as part of theLucas County Recreational Center Complex, and was used for amateur baseball before its demolition.
In 2022 Lucas County approved the demolition of the stadium.[2]The stadium was demolished in March 2023.
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