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In 2020, the city reached an agreement with concert promoter C-4 Live to manage the stadium and cover the costs to make it a state-of-the-art outdoor venue in exchange for hosting events there for free for a limited time. The first event scheduled, a concert series during Masters Week in March 2022,
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With the GreenJackets' departure, the Augusta-Richmond County commission faces questions on how to utilize the ballpark. One proposal was leaving the ballpark as-is with Augusta University as the primary tenant while another proposal was to renovate the ballpark into an amphitheater. In August 2018
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The stadium has nearly 1,000 box seats, 830 reserved seats and over 2,500 general admission seats. In 2006, the Budweiser Party Pavilion was built down the right field line. This new area can host picnics anywhere from 20 people to as many as 500 people.
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As of March 2023, the stadium is unusable and the city is pursuing a lawsuit against the company they contracted with for repairs. In April 2023, the company filed a countersuit against the city. In April 2024, the city was granted a
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for most of their games from 2009 to 2013 and all of their games from 2014 to 2018; however, the team elected to return to Jaguar Field on the Forest Hills campus full-time starting in the 2019 season.
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by a Richmond County judge against C-4 Live, dismissing the concert promoter's counterclaim due to their failure to retain a lawyer on court order.
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Before the 2007 season, the Cintas Cool Zone was constructed and the Fun Zone playground area down the left-field line was revamped.
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Smoltz ... brought in an announced crowd of 5.828. The crowd was the largest in the history of Lake Olmstead Stadium.
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it was reported that the issues hadn't been resolved yet, but that, regarding the interest of Augusta University or
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on the same site and can hold 4,822 people. The stadium also serves as an outdoor-arena style event venue.
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was cancelled a month ahead of the event, and stadium work was stopped, citing soil instability.
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Lake Olmstead Stadium was primarily used as the home field of the
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from 1995 to 2017, after which the GreenJackets moved to the new
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Milledge Road
Augusta, GA
Coordinates
33°29′42″N 82°0′2″W / 33.49500°N 82.00056°W / 33.49500; -82.00056
City of Augusta
Capacity
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Augusta GreenJackets
SAL
Augusta Jaguars
Peach Belt
baseball park
Augusta, Georgia
Heaton Stadium
Augusta GreenJackets
Class A
South Atlantic League
SRP Park
Savannah River
North Augusta, South Carolina
Augusta University
Jaguars baseball team
Paine College
default judgement
Bob Dylan
2006 North American Tour


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