PK Park

{{short description|Baseball stadium}}

{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = PK Park

| nickname =

| image = PK Park.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = PK Park in June 2010

| coordinates = {{coord|44.059|-123.066|type:landmark_region:US-OR_source:googlemapssatellite|display=title,inline}}

| address = 2760 M.L. King Jr. Blvd.

| location = Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

| pushpin_map = Oregon#USA

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_label = PK Park

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Oregon##Location within the United States

| broke_ground = August 15, 2008 {{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=94831&SPID=11401&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=1555194|publisher=University of Oregon Athletics|title=University of Oregon Breaks Ground on New Baseball Facility |date=August 15, 2008|access-date=June 26, 2013}}

| opened = February 27, 2009
{{small|(temporary seating)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=94831&SPID=11401&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=3680662|publisher=University of Oregon Athletics|title=Schmidt's Walk-Off Upsets Defending Champs |date=February 27, 2009|access-date=June 26, 2013}}
{{Start date and age|2010|3|2|br=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=94831&SPID=11401&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=204899818|publisher=University of Oregon Athletics|title=First Inning Propels Oregon To Victory |date=March 2, 2010 |access-date=June 26, 2013}}

| closed =

| demolished =

| owner = University of Oregon

| operator = University of Oregon

| surface = FieldTurf

| construction_cost = $19.2 million
(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|19200000|2009}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}{{inflation-fn|US}})

| architect = DLR Group

| structural engineer = KPFF Consulting Engineers{{Cite web |url=http://www.kpff.com/projects-4/0/3/1001 |title=KPFF - Consulting Engineers |access-date=2011-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402161638/http://www.kpff.com/projects-4/0/3/1001 |archive-date=2012-04-02 |url-status=dead }}

| general_contractor = Lease Crutcher Lewis{{Cite web|url=http://northwest.construction.com/northwest_construction_projects/2010/1201_PKPark.asp|title = Reports|date = 8 February 2017}}

| former_names =

| tenants = Oregon Ducks (NCAA) (2009–present)
Eugene Emeralds (NwL) (2010–present)

| seating_capacity = 4,000

| record_attendance = 5,097   (July 4, 2017)

| dimensions = Left – {{Convert|335|ft|abbr=on}}
Center – {{Convert|400|ft|0|abbr=on}}
Right – {{Convert|325|ft|abbr=on}}

}}

PK Park is a baseball stadium in the northwest United States, located in Eugene, Oregon. It is the home field of the University of Oregon Ducks of the Big Ten Conference, and the MILB Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League.{{cite web |title=PK Park |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-9943560 |work=Eugene Emeralds |access-date=24 August 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525114434/https://www.webcitation.org/61BFYkgxV?url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/team1/page.jsp%3Fymd=20100510 |archive-date=2024-05-25 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=PK Park |url=https://www.milb.com/eugene/team/pk |website=Minor League Baseball |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=7 March 2021}} The Ducks' program was revived in 2009 after nearly three decades as a club sport.{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Oregon to Reinstate Baseball Program|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Oregon-to-reinstate-baseball-program-1802642.php|work=The Houston Chronicle Online|access-date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022001424/http://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Oregon-to-reinstate-baseball-program-1802642.php|archive-date=2012-10-22|date=July 13, 2007|url-status=live}}

PK Park is named after former Oregon athletic director Pat Kilkenny, whose donations helped to fund the stadium.{{cite web|title=Pat Kilkenny Biography|url=http://leadership.uoregon.edu/about/kilkenny/pat_bio|work=Holden Leadership Center|access-date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831010533/http://leadership.uoregon.edu/about/kilkenny/pat_bio|archive-date=2011-08-31|url-status=live}} Designed by sport architect DLR Group, PK Park has 3,000 fixed seats in the main seating bowl and a total capacity of 4,000 spectators. Fan amenities include a video board, landscaped areas for hospitality, a tiered party plaza called "Fowl Territory", a picnic plaza, and eight upper level suites. Located just east of Autzen Stadium, the baseball park was built on the northeast section of the football stadium's parking lot.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DmFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5916%2C2823790 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |last=Bolt |first=Greg |title=Autzen emerges as likely UO baseball site |date=January 16, 2008 |page=A1}}

The Ducks' home field through 1981 was Howe Field, just south of McArthur Court. The on-campus venue has since been converted to Jane Sanders Stadium, the home of women's softball.

The elevation of the FieldTurf playing field at PK Park is approximately {{convert|420|ft|round=5}} above sea level. It has an unorthodox alignment, oriented southeast by east (home plate to center field); the recommended alignment of a baseball diamond is east-northeast.{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2008/official_rules/01_objectives_of_the_game.pdf |publisher=Major League Baseball |title=Playing Field Orientation – Rule 1.04 |access-date=November 11, 2015}} The former home venues of Howe Field and Civic Stadium were similar, both aligned southeast.