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Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium

Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium in 2023.
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Address	Sanmarkinkatu 65100 Vaasa
Location	Vaasa, Finland
Coordinates	63°05′05″N 21°37′17″E / 63.084668°N 21.621481°E / 63.084668; 21.621481
Owner	City of Vaasa
Capacity	4,500
Record attendance	7,090 1988 (All-Star Game)
Field size	Left field: 102 m (335 ft) Centre field: 118 m (387 ft) Right field: 147 m (482 ft)
Surface	Clay
Opened	1988 (1988)
Tenants
Vaasan Maila (1988–) Vaasan Mailattaret (2015–)

Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium (Finnish: Hietalahden pesäpallostadion, Swedish: Sandvikens bobollsstadion) is a pesäpallo stadium located in Vaasa, Finland. Since its opening in 1998, it has been the home field of the Vaasan Maila. Since 2015, it has also been a home field of the Vaasan Mailattaret, a Superpesis team.

The Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium in Vaasa was built for the 1988 All-Star Game. The stadium was equipped with a covered main stand for 1,000 people. The stadium has a total capacity of 4,500.

The stadium was the first pesäpallo field in Finland to have a covered main stand and was chosen as Stadium of the Year in 1986. The 1988 All-Star Game also set a stadium attendance record of 7,090 spectators with the additional stands.

The field has a sand turf surface, which was installed in 2004.

References

1. ^ "Hietalahden pesäpallostadion, Vaasa". Superpesis. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
2. "Renoveringen av Sandvikens bobollsstadion börjar" (in Swedish). Vaasan kaupunki. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
3. "Fields". Finnish Pesäpallo Association. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
4. ^ "Fields". Vaasan Maila. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

• Sports venues completed in 1988
• Pesäpallo venues in Finland
• Sport in Vaasa