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Northwestern Medicine Field (originally Kane County Events Park and formerly Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium and Fifth Third Bank Ballpark) is a baseball field located in Geneva, Illinois. The stadium was built in 1991 and holds 10,923 people.
The team has been known as the Cougars since moving to Kane County. They were affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1991 and 1992, with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 2002, the Oakland Athletics from 2003 until 2010, the Kansas City Royals for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and the Chicago Cubs for the 2013 and 2014 seasons before affiliating ...
The stadium opened on May 24, 2002, as O'Brien Field, [1] with a game between the Chiefs and the Kane County Cougars. [6] O'Brien Auto Team held the original naming rights to the facility. [6] In 2011, the stadium hosted to the IHSA Class 1A and 2A baseball state finals. This was the first year the games were played at the facility.
The oldest stadium is Modern Woodmen Park (1931) in Davenport, Iowa, home of the Quad Cities River Bandits. The newest stadium is ABC Supply Stadium in Beloit, Wisconsin, home of the Beloit Sky Carp. One stadium was built in the 1930s, one in the 1980s, three in the 1990s, six in the 2000s, and one in the 2020s.
After the 1990 season, the Wausau Timbers moved to Geneva, Illinois and became the Kane County Cougars. The ballpark has hosted the Wausau Woodchucks of the summer collegiate Northwoods League beginning in 1994. [5] Athletic Park was the home of Wausau East, Wausau West, and Wausau Newman high school baseball teams during the 1990s.
Joining the league in 2021 were the Kane County Cougars, who were dropped from affiliated ball during the 2021 minor league reorganization, [12] as well as the Houston Apollos, who were a traveling team for the 2021 campaign. [13]
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They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these stadiums are used for American football , either in college football or the National Football League (NFL).