Canal Park


The main entrance and ticket booth at Canal Park, Aug-1997.


The park is the centerpiece of a rebuilding industrial city.

Quick Facts: Rating: 4 baseballs
After eight seasons at Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium in Canton, the team previously known as the Canton-Akron Indians pulled up stakes and moved north to this state-of-the-art facility in Akron. The club remained an Indians farm team.

The people in the Rubber City came out in droves, as Canal Park sold out nearly every game in its first three seasons. Akron officials are hoping that the park will be the centerpiece of a downtown resurgence in this fading industrial city.

The park has a few architectural touches that make it look something like a smaller version of Camden Yards or Coors Field.

Game # Date League Level Result
280 23-Aug-1997 Eastern AA Trenton 8, AKRON 4, 2d
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