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Shepherd Stadium

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Shepherd Stadium
The Ballpark[1]
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Address901 Meridian Ave.
Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834[1]
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OwnerCity of Colonial Heights[1]
Field sizeLeft field: 330 ft (100 m)
Center field: 374 ft (114 m)
Right field: 330 ft (100 m)[2]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1948 (1948)[3]
Renovated2013-2018[3]
Tenants
Tri-City Chili Peppers (CPL) 2020-present[1]
American Legion Post 284, 1960-present[1][3]
Colonial Heights-Petersburg Colts (PL) 1954[1]
Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals (VL) 1951[1]
Website
Official website

Shepherd Stadium is a baseball stadium in Colonial Heights, Virginia which is home to the Tri-City Chili Peppers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League.[2] Shepherd Stadium also hosts American Legion Post 284 baseball, the annual Optimist Club Boys' Invitational Baseball Tournament, Colonial Heights High School baseball, and city Rec and Parks youth baseball and softball programs.[1] The stadium was built in 1948 and named for Mayor Fred R. Shepherd in 1951.[1][3] A five-year renovation project concluded in 2018.[3]

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