Alfond Stadium, stadium in Winter Park, Florida
Alfond Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Winter Park used primarily for college baseball with a capacity of around 1,000 spectators. The field features artificial turf, a modern scoreboard, locker rooms, a weight room, and covered bleachers with a sound system.
The stadium was acquired by Rollins College in 1933 after the land was donated by local business owners in 1926. Its current form took shape in 1983 with new grandstands, followed by lighting upgrades in 2012 and artificial turf installation before the 2019 season.
The field is named Harper-Shepherd Field for James E. Harper and F.W. Shepherd, the local merchants who donated the land to Winter Park in 1926; the stadium itself honours Harold Alfond, a longtime Rollins College booster. From 2004 to 2015 it was home to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs of a wood-bat collegiate summer league, so visitors also saw summer-league play alongside the Rollins Tars.
The field sits at Harper-Shepherd Field in Winter Park, with a paved parking lot relit in 2018. Safety netting and covered batting cages were added that year, and the clubhouse was renovated in 1983 and 2002. The site was considered in 2014 for a Brevard County Manatees ballpark, but financing failed.
The land was given to Winter Park in 1926 by merchants James E. Harper and F.W. Shepherd, and Rollins College acquired it in 1933; the field still carries their names. From 2004 to 2015 the stadium was home to the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs of a wood-bat collegiate summer league. In 2014 the site was considered for a new ballpark for the Brevard County Manatees of the Florida State League, but the financing did not work out.
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