Lloyd Hopkins Field

{{Short description|Stadium in Illinois, USA}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox venue

| name =

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| nickname = The Hop

| logo_image =

| logo_size =

| logo_alt =

| logo_caption =

| image =

| image_size =

| image_upright =

| image_alt =

| caption =

| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|zoom=13|type=point}}

| map_size =

| map_alt =

| map_caption =

| pushpin_map = USA Illinois#USA

| pushpin_mapsize =

| pushpin_map_caption =

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_relief = yes

| fullname = Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordon Moore Park

| former names =

| address = 98 Arnold Palmer Road

| city = Alton, Illinois

| country =

| location =

| coordinates = {{Coord|38|54|14|N|90|6|29|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| publictransit =

| parking =

| owner = City of Alton, Illinois

| operator = Alton Park and Recreation Department

| designation =

| type =

| genre =

| seating_type =

| suites =

| capacity = 2,500{{cite web |title=Stadium Rentals |url=http://pointstreaksites.com/view/riverdragons/lloyd-hopkins-field/stadium-rentals |website=Alton River Dragons |publisher=Pointstreak Sites |access-date=July 29, 2021}}

| record_attendance =

| dimensions =

| field_shape =

| acreage =

| surface =

| scoreboard =

| screens =

| currentuse =

| production =

| broke_ground =

| built =

| opened =

| renovated = 2015

| expanded =

| closed =

| demolished =

| rebuilt =

| yearsactive =

| cost =

| architect =

| builder =

| project_manager =

| structural engineer =

| services engineer =

| general_contractor =

| main_contractors =

| tenants = Alton River Dragons (PL) 2021–present
Bluff City Bombers (CICL) 1998–2004
American Legion Baseball 1981–2015, 2020–present

| website =

| embedded =

}}

Lloyd Hopkins Field is a baseball stadium in Alton, Illinois. Owned and operated by the city of Alton, it is the home field for the Alton River Dragons, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Prospect League,{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Doug |last2=Ellebracht |first2=Mark |title=Alton to Get Baseball Team |url=http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=298055 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=WBGZ |date=January 28, 2020 |via=Alton Daily News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114122429/http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?id=298055 |archive-date=November 14, 2020}} and for American Legion Baseball. Hopkins Field hosted American Legion teams from 1981 to 2015, and they returned in 2020.{{cite news |last1=Korac |first1=Louie |title=RETURN TO 'THE HOP': Alton plays first Legion game at Hopkins Field since 2015 disagreement |url=https://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/article/RETURN-TO-8216-THE-HOP-8217-Alton-plays-15384787.php |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=July 3, 2020 |location=Alton, Illinois}}{{cite news |last1=Korac |first1=Louie |title=Legion baseball gives up fight, surrenders Hopkins Field as home |url=https://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/article/Legion-baseball-gives-up-fight-surrenders-12597719.php |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=June 6, 2016 |location=Alton, Illinois}} Hopkins Field was also the home of the Bluff City Bombers in the Central Illinois Collegiate League from 1998 to 2004.{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Pete |title=IN THE DRAGONS' LAIR: Alton baseball team assembling staff, names assistant coaches |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/sports/article/BASEBALL-Alton-River-Dragons-assembling-staff-15636261.php |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Edwardsville Intelligencer |date=October 10, 2020}}

In January 2020 the city of Alton signed a 10-year lease with the River Dragons. The deal called for upgrades to Hopkins Field, including the addition of a locker room, batting cages, a new scoreboard and video board, concession amenities, and seating for 1,800 people.{{cite news |title=Alton's Prospect League Team To Play At Lloyd Hopkins Field |url=https://pointstreak.com/news_story.html?id=528994 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=pointstreaksites.com |publisher=Pointstreak Sites |date=February 18, 2020}}{{cite news |title=Alton Prospect League Team on Tap for 2021 |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/01/29/alton-prospect-league-team-on-tap-for-2021/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Ballpark Digest |publisher=August Publications |date=January 29, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Gordon F. Moore Community Park |url=https://www.riversandroutes.com/directory/gordon-f-moore-community-park-sports-venues/ |website=Great Rivers & Routes |publisher=Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau |access-date=July 29, 2021 |language=en-us |date=2020}} Hopkins Field had been renovated in 2015 with updated dugouts and new batting cages, lights, siding, netting, fencing, and turf.{{cite news |last1=Brannan |first1=Dan |title=A PROUD MOMENT: Alton workers put in herculean effort to redo historic Lloyd Hopkins Field |url=https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/a-proud-moment-alton-workers-put-in-herculean-effort-to-redo-historic-lloyd-hopkins-field-8378.cfm |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=RiverBender.com |date=August 5, 2015}}