Mike Lansing Field is a stadium in Casper, Wyoming. It is primarily used for baseball. It was the home field of the Casper Ghosts minor league baseball team from 2002 to 2011, of the Casper Cutthroats summer-collegiate baseball team from 2012 to 2014,[2] and of the Casper Horseheads of Independence League Baseball from 2018 to 2022.[3] It is home to the Casper Oilers American Legion Baseball team, and the Casper Spuds of Independence League Baseball.[4] It was built in 2002 and holds 2,500 people. The field is named after Wyoming native and former Major League second baseman Mike Lansing. A career .271 hitter, Lansing played nine years in the majors for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox.
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| Address | 330 Kati Lane Casper, Wyoming |
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| Coordinates | 42°51′38″N 106°19′47″W / 42.860473°N 106.329712°W |
| Owner | City of Casper, Wyoming |
| Operator | City of Casper, Wyoming |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Field size | Left field: 355 feet (108 m) Center field: 400 feet (120 m) Right field: 345 feet (105 m)[1] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 2002 |
| Construction cost | $1.77 Million |
| Tenants | |
| Casper Ghosts (PL) 2001–2011 Casper Cutthroats (MCBL) 2012–2014 Casper Horseheads (ILB) 2018–2022 Casper Spuds (ILB) 2023–present Casper Oilers (AmLeg) 2002–present | |
Lansing Field was one of the ten ballparks included in a 2010 USA Today article about "10 great places for a baseball pilgrimage", which noted the highly "intimate" character of the park due to its unusual combination of a small grandstand and surrounding "wide-open space" at its location on the banks of the North Platte River.[5] The ballpark's souvenir shop was known to visiting baseball fans for sales of the team's unusual glow-in-the-dark cap.[6]
Mike Lansing Field replaced a sports complex/park known locally as Crossroads. It is located just south of the Casper Events Center across Poplar Street from the Casper Planetarium.
References
edit- ^ Knight, Graham (August 4, 2009). "Mike Lansing Field - Casper Ghosts". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Reichard, Kevin (June 5, 2012). "Casper Cutthroats open season; will it be a short tenure?". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ LaChance, Brendan (December 15, 2022). "Casper Horseheads ceases operations after four seasons at Mike Lansing". Oil City News. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ LaChance, Brendan (January 18, 2023). "City Council welcomes 'Casper Spuds' collegiate summer baseball team to play at Mike Lansing". Oil City News. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ "10 great places for a baseball pilgrimage". USA Today. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ Nelson, Matt (August 24, 2011). "Mike Lansing Field – Casper, Wyoming". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Retrieved July 27, 2022.