Cooper Stadium

Main entrance to Cooper Stadium, Aug-2001.

The seating bowl, taken from the warning track.

The field, during an Aug-1992 game, back when the facility had artificial turf.

• Location: Mound Street just south of I-70, Columbus, Ohio
• Opened: 1932 as Franklin Co. Stadium (renovated: 1977)
• Additional names: Jets Stadium (1955); Cooper Stadium (1977)
• Home team: Columbus Bluebirds (1933), Elite Giants (1935), Negro National League; Columbus Red Birds, American Association (1940-54); Columbus Jets (1955-70), Clippers (1977-2008), International League
• Capacity: 15,000

Rating: 2 baseballs

My only visit was in 1992. I wrote this page in 1999 so I could get one photo from that game up on the Web. I do know that I wasn’t pleased with the artificial turf.

I knew, however, that the faux grass had more recently been replaced by the real thing. When I rode by the field in 2001, I observed that and documented it. The Clippers were away when I passed the field on that trip. Any revision in the park’s rating, though, will have to wait until I have a chance to see another game. The last chance is in 2008, as the Clippers will be moving into a new ballpark in 2009.