Isotopes Park

at 1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE, Albuquerque , 87106-3930 United States

1. Outdoors
2. Local Business
3. Sports Venue & Stadium

<p><b>Isotopes Park</b> is a <a href="/pages/w/107992185887943">minor-league</a> <a href="/pages/w/108379982523213">baseball</a> <a href="/pages/w/112151772129899">stadium</a> located in <a href="/pages/w/108161062545219">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a> and is the home field of the <a href="/pages/w/106124039418839">Albuquerque Isotopes</a> of the <a href="/pages/w/103783366327798">Pacific Coast League</a>, the Class AAA affiliate of the <a href="/pages/w/111798458836549">Colorado Rockies</a>. The facility was also previously used by the baseball program of the <a href="/pages/w/105381232827725">University of New Mexico</a>.</p><h2>History</h2><p>In 2000, Bob Lozinak, then-owner of the <a href="/pages/w/112174255461859">Albuquerque Dukes</a>, the Class AAA affiliate of the <a href="/pages/w/108611759163290">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, sold the team to a <a href="/pages/w/112548152092705">Portland, Oregon</a>-based group, who moved the team to Portland as the <a href="/pages/w/105553432812663">Beavers</a>. The Dukes had played in Albuquerque for almost 40 years. Their stadium, <a href="/pages/w/132701506765838">Albuquerque Sports Stadium</a>, was the second oldest in the league at the time and was in disrepair.</p><p>Finding another owner and team were not difficult. The Pacific Coast League had teams in <a href="/pages/w/107480665948163">Canada</a> that they wanted to relocate. In 2001, a group headed by Tampa businessman Ken Young bought the <a href="/pages/w/138777566147213">Calgary Cannons</a> with the intention of moving it to Albuquerque, contingent on building a park. However, then Mayor <a href="/pages/w/104012672967955">Jim Baca</a> was unable to overcome opposition from a city council reluctant to spend city money on the project.. Debate centered on whether to renovate the old Albuquerque Sports Stadium as a baseball-only park or build a brand new park downtown. Mayor Baca put the issue to a vote and the voters easily approved the $25 million needed to rebuild Albuquerque Sports Stadium.</p>

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Isotopes Park is Albuquerque based place and this enity listed in Sports Venue & Stadium category. Located at 1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez SE NM 87106-3930. Contact phone number of Isotopes Park: (505) 465-5941