Island Field (Vimpeli)

Island Field
Island Field in the winter of 2018.
Island Field is located in South Ostrobothnia
Island Field
Island Field
Location within South Ostrobothnia
Island Field is located in Finland
Island Field
Island Field
Island Field (Finland)
Island Field is located in Europe
Island Field
Island Field
Island Field (Europe)
AddressPatruunantie 15
62800 Vimpeli
LocationVimpeli, Finland
Coordinates63°09′05″N 23°49′28″E / 63.151251°N 23.824504°E / 63.151251; 23.824504
OwnerMunicipality of Vimpeli
Capacity2,590
Record attendance5,572[1]
1990 (All-Star Game)
Field sizeCentre field: 120 m (390 ft)
SurfaceClay
Grass (Most of outer field)
Water (Outer left and outer right fields)
Opened1937 (1937)
Tenants
Vimpelin Veto (1937–present)

Island Field (Finnish: Saarikenttä) is a pesäpallo stadium located in Vimpeli, Finland. Since its opening in 1937, it has been the home field of the Vimpelin Veto, a Superpesis team.[1][2]

The Island Field is located literally on an island in the middle of the Savonjoki. Created in the 1930s on fill land, the pesäpallo field has since been modernised, but is still one of the few baseball fields in Finland where the ball can drift into the water and still be legally playable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Saarikenttä". Superpesis. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Fields". Finnish Pesäpallo Association. Retrieved 12 July 2024.