Whataburger Field, Baseball stadium in Corpus Christi, United States
Whataburger Field is a minor league baseball stadium on Corpus Christi's waterfront, built on the site of old cotton warehouses. As of 2019 it has 5,679 fixed seats, 19 luxury suites and two outfield berms holding about 2,000 people. A 21-by-48-foot Daktronics videoboard was unveiled in 2014, and a pair of 1920s cotton presses border the left-field videoboard.
Whataburger Field opened in 2005 on the site of old cotton warehouses on the Corpus Christi waterfront. Its first official game was played on April 17, 2005, against the Midland RockHounds. Naming rights were paid by Whataburger, Inc., then headquartered in Corpus Christi until its 2009 move to San Antonio. In 2019 the Hooks renewed the naming agreement for 15 years and repainted the roof in orange and white stripes.
This is home to the Corpus Christi Hooks, a Minor League team where young players develop their skills before moving up the baseball ladder. The stadium has become a gathering place where locals come together to share their love for the game.
The main entrance is Ken Schrom Plaza, named in 2019 for the retiring team president who greeted fans there. The stadium holds 5,679 fixed seats plus two outfield berms for about 2,000 more, and 19 luxury suites. The CITGO Cotton Club is air-conditioned and looks out on the field, the harbor bridge and the downtown skyline.
The 18-foot bronze 'For the Love of the Game', unveiled on June 30, 2005, shows a young ballplayer in a contemplative pose and is believed to be the largest bronze statue of a baseball player. In left field, a sign reading "Bam-Bam" under broken windows marks Hunter Pence's 2006 batting-practice blast.
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