New Baseball Stadium Plans
3/7/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Horned Frog athletics are moving into national prominence, and a new baseball stadium is our next step on the road to recognition.
This will be a stadium second only in the Metroplex to the Ballpark at Arlington - fit for a program that's working toward national recognition - that will help TCU attract top-notch recruits - that will benefit the University and the community - at last the stadium Coach Lance Brown and the Horned Frog team deserve.
When the facility, estimated at $7 million, is complete, it will boast:
- 3,500 seats
- full night lighting
- luxury suites
- ample parking
- locker rooms for home and visiting teams
- batting/pitching cages
- training rooms
- press box
- field office for TCU's head coach
The stadium is planned for the area bounded by the Bayard Friedman Tennis Center on the north, the Lowdon Track on the west and the Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium on the east. Home plate will be on the northwest corner of this space, making the right field fence parallel with Berry Street.
The future of baseball at TCU depends on this new stadium. Under Coach Lance Brown, TCU
- won more than 400 games in the last 14 years
- participated in the NCAA Regionals in 1994
- won the Southwest Conference title in 1994
- saw 36 Frogs earn All-Conference honors
- had six players earn All-American honors
- had three second-place finishes in the WAC
How to Participate
TCU has fielded an All-Star fund-raising steering committee to put our baseball program in the Big Leagues. They are heading a multi-phase effort to involve as many Horned Frog fans as possible. The first phase will be the search for one company or individual to make the naming gift for the ballpark of $3.5 million and other leadership gifts. The second phase will enlist members of TCU's Team 100. Team members will contribute $25,000 each and will be rewarded with four season tickets for five years, permanent recognition in the stadium and a chance to win a PT Cruiser. In the third phase, we're looking for Horned Frog fans to make a wide variety of gifts from $10,000 to $100, all with recognition in the stadium. Of course, we appreciate every gift of any size. If you wish to contribute, please fill at the commitment form below. You have up to five years to complete your gift.
These opportunities add up to a homerun for TCU Baseball!
Print Statement of Intent
Please mail your completed pledge form to:
Davis Babb, Associate Athletic Director
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297620
Fort Worth, Texas 76129
Baseball Stadium Steering Committee
Roger Williams '72, chair
Michael T. Ashworth '62
Don P. Bodenhamer '73
Dr. Bobby Brown
John L. Grace '72
Joe Hardgrove
Tom E. Hill '69
Royce T. Huffman '73
Charles H. "Buddy" Iles '62
J. Don Looney '41
G. Malcolm Louden '67
Tim Mauser '89
Jeff Newman '74
Scott O'Glee '78
JoAnn Pettus '68
John V. Roach '61
Reid Ryan '95
J. Thomas Schieffer
Robert W. Semple '72
Robert Daniel Settle, Jr.
Michael K. Stevens '80
Ronald H. Wallace '68
Carl W. Warwick '60
Garry Williams
Frank Windegger '57
Jeff Zimmerman '93
Baseball Stadium Naming OpportunitiesStadium $3.5 millionField $1.5 millionPress box $500,000Lights $300,000Plaza entry $200,000Locker rooms (two) $200,000Suites (six) $150,000
- Five-year initial lease Batting cage $100,000 Bullpens (two) $100,000 Dugouts (two) $100,000 Coaches' field office $ 50,000 Radio booths (two) $ 50,000 Umpires' locker room $ 50,000 Sports medicine office $ 50,000 Operations office $ 50,000 TCU Baseball's Top 100 $ 25,000
- Wall of Honor recognition
- Seat naming plaques
- Four season tickets for five years Seat naming $ 1,500
Commitments for naming gifts may be paid over five years.
Here's the Pitch For Team 100
TCU is looking to field an All-Star Team 100 to help build one of the Metroplex's most outstanding baseball facilities and to at last give Coach Lance Brown and the Horned Frogs the stadium they deserve.
Go to bat for Your Home Team today. Join Team 100 by contributing $25,000. Fill out a statement of intent form and you'll have five years to complete your gift. You'll be rewarded with:
- four season tickets for five years
- permanent recognition in the stadium
- the chance to win a PT Cruiser
