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Heaton Stadium

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Heaton Stadium
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Address78 Milledge Road
Augusta, GA 30904
LocationAugusta, Georgia
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Capacity3,600[1]
Record attendance6,231 (August 16, 1991)[1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1988[2][3]
OpenedApril 12, 1988 (1988-04-12)[4]
ClosedSeptember, 1994[3]
Tenants
Augusta Pirates (SAL) 1988–1993[2][3]
Augusta GreenJackets (SAL) 1994

Heaton Stadium was a baseball stadium in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was the home field of the Augusta Pirates/Augusta GreenJackets Minor League Baseball team of the Class A South Atlantic League from 1988 to 1994. After the 1994 season the site was redeveloped as the GreenJackets' next home, Lake Olmstead Stadium.[3]

Heaton Stadium was named for Bill Heaton, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and partner in the team ownership who worked for six years to bring a minor league club to Augusta.[5] Heaton reportedly built the stadium with his own money,[6] assembling bleachers bought from other locations[7] with the help of volunteers and high school workers paid minimum wage.[7][8]

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