Venue Detail
South Bend Silver Hawks
Revenues From Sports Venues Pro Facilities Report
January, 2010
South Bend Silver Hawks
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PO Box 4218 South Bend, IN 46634-4218 Phone: 574-235-9988 Fax: 574-235-9950 URL: www.silverhawks.com Owner: Palisades Baseball Inc. League: Midwest League Eastern
Venue
Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium, 501 W South St, South Bend, IN 46601-2737 Owner: Alan M. Levin Managed by: Owner Built: 1986 Capacity: 5,000 Permanent concession stands: 5 Concessionaire: Professional Sports Catering Suite caterer: Professional Sports Catering Soft drink: Pepsi Cola Beer: Multiple
Ticket prices
Season tickets range from $250 to $400 Single tickets range from $5.00 to $7.00 2007 average attendance: 2,332 2008 average attendance: 2,404 2009 average attendance: 2,426
Luxury Suites
Quantity: 10 Term: 1 to 3 years Price: $15,000 to $15,000 Seats: 10 to 15 Includes: Parking, tickets, special events. The rental rate on the party suites runs from $400 to $500.
South Bend officials are working on plans for an upgrade to Coveleski Stadium that could cost up to $40 million. Initial plans call for funding the project through an existing sports development fund and a tax incremental financing district.
Inside the ballpark, the upgrades would range from the mundane, such as renovating restrooms and updating the 23-year-old facility's heating, cooling and lighting systems, to the dramatic, including new seating and outfield picnic areas, and a park-like centerfield entrance. The work is being designed by Populous architects.
Work on the first phase would start before the 2010 Silver Hawks season begins and likely see completion by mid-season.
That first phase, with an estimated cost of $2 million to $4 million, would include renovating restrooms and adding new ones, replacing the heating and cooling system, installing new field lights that are lower to the ground and more energy-efficient, along with new outdoor suites on the first-base line and renovating the Upper Deck box seat areas.
Work on the new centerfield entrance, which would incorporate a park-like area where the main Gates building once stood, along with the left- and right-field corner upgrades, would likely start in late 2010 or 2011.
The city captures professional sports development fund money from sales and income taxes paid at Coveleski Stadium. It has used much of that revenue to subsidize the College Football Hall of Fame's operations. The hall recently announced it is leaving South Bend for Dallas, and has a contract to remain in South Bend through the end of 2010. But if the hall closes earlier than that, some of that money could be spent on the Coveleski project instead, officials said.
In 1999 the team added a new children's play area that includes a children's concession stand. The area holds about 150 children. (Baseball. Facilities, Financial, MinorTeam, Professional Sports, Venue)