Shepherd Stadium

{{short description|American sports venue}}

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

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| name = Shepherd Stadium

| nickname = The Ballpark

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| image = Shepherd Stadium, Colonial Heights.jpg

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| address = 901 Meridian Ave.

| city = Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834

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| coordinates = {{Coord|37|14|57|N|77|24|56|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| owner = City of Colonial Heights

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| dimensions = Left field: {{convert|330|ft|m|abbr=on}}
Center field: {{convert|374|ft|m|abbr=on}}
Right field: {{convert|330|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=Team Info |url=https://coastalplain.com/about/team-info/team-information/ |website=coastalplain.com |publisher=Coastal Plain League |access-date=April 20, 2021}}

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| surface = Grass

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| opened = {{Start date|1948}}

| renovated = 2013-2018

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| tenants = Tri-City Chili Peppers (CPL) 2020-present
American Legion Post 284, 1960-present
Colonial Heights-Petersburg Colts (PL) 1954
Colonial Heights-Petersburg Generals (VL) 1951

| website = {{Official site|https://www.colonialheightsva.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Shepherd-Stadium-39}}

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Shepherd Stadium is a baseball stadium in Colonial Heights, Virginia which is home to the Tri-City Chili Peppers, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League. Shepherd Stadium also hosts American Legion Post 284 baseball, the annual Optimist Club Boys' Invitational Baseball Tournament, Colonial Heights High School baseball, and city Rec and Parks youth baseball and softball programs.{{cite web |title=Shepherd Stadium |url=https://www.colonialheightsva.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Shepherd-Stadium-39 |website=Colonial Heights, VA |publisher=City of Colonial Heights |access-date=April 20, 2021 |language=en}} The stadium was built in 1948 and named for Mayor Fred R. Shepherd in 1951.{{cite news |last1=Reichenberg |first1=Kelsey |title=Rec and Parks completes five-year Shepherd Stadium preservation project |url=https://www.progress-index.com/sports/20180227/rec-and-parks-completes-five-year-shepherd-stadium-preservation-project |newspaper=The Progress-Index |location=Petersburg, Virginia |access-date=April 20, 2021 |date=February 27, 2018 |language=en}} A five-year renovation project concluded in 2018.