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Along with Howard J. Lamade Stadium, it annually hosts the Little League World Series, one of the few sports events where children 12 years old and younger take the center stage. Volunteer Stadium was built starting in 2000 to accommodate the growth of the Little League World Series, and was completed in 2001. [1] Its seating capacity is 3,000.
This is a list of most current US baseball stadiums. They are ordered by seating capacity , the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate in baseball configuration. Venues with a capacity of at least 1,000 are included.
Each year, along with Little League Volunteer Stadium, it hosts the Little League World Series. The playing field is two-thirds the size of a professional baseball field, with 60-foot (18.3 m) basepaths, a 46-foot (14 m) mound, and after modification in 2006, outfield fences at 225 ft (68.6 m), forming one-fourth of a true circle .
All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these stadiums are used for American football, either in college football or the National Football League (NFL). Most of the others are Major League Baseball (MLB) ballparks or Major League Soccer (MLS) stadiums.
Volunteer Stadium opened in 2001 when the field expanded to 16 teams. Prior to 1959, the Little League World Series was held at Original Little League on West Fourth Street in Williamsport. [16] Both fields have symmetrical fences, with a distance of 68.6 m (225 feet) from home plate to each of the outfield positions.
The MLB Little League Classic is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) specialty game held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, during the Little League World Series, first contested during the 2017 edition of that event. [1] The series is part of MLB's effort to get more children interested in and involved with baseball at a younger age. [2]
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2000: An expansion project begins at Little League International and Volunteer Stadium is built. This allows the pool of participants to double from 8 to 16 the following year. [6] 2001: The Little League World Series expands from 8 to 16 teams, with the following changes to regional lineups (post-2000 regions in bold): US regions: [citation ...