Toyota Field (Madison, Alabama)

{{Short description|Baseball park in Madison, Alabama}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Toyota Field

| nickname =

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| image = View of Toyota Field from Budweiser Berm.jpg

| caption = View of Toyota Field from Budweiser Berm

| location = Zierdt Road and I-565
Madison, Alabama, US

| coordinates = {{coord|34.683883|-86.724288|display=inline,title}}

| broke_ground = June 9, 2018{{cite news |title=Pro Baseball Coming Soon to Madison |first=Lindsay |last=Vaught |url=https://www.themadisonrecord.com/2018/06/11/pro-baseball-coming-soon-to-madison/ |newspaper=The Madison Record |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=June 25, 2018}}

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| opened = April 15, 2020{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

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| owner = City of Madison

| operator = BallCorps LLC

| surface = Grass

| construction_cost = $46 million{{cite news |last1=Spedden |first1=Zach |title=New Trash Pandas Ballpark One Year Away |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2019/04/16/new-trash-pandas-ballpark-one-year-away/ |access-date=April 17, 2019 |work=Ballpark Digest |publisher=August Publications |date=April 16, 2019}}

| architect = Populous{{cite news |title=How You'll Be 'Shocked' by Minor League Baseball in Madison |first=Paul |last=Gattis |url=https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2018/06/how_youll_be_shocked_by_minor.html |newspaper=The Huntsville Times |date=June 8, 2018 |access-date=June 25, 2018}}

| project_manager = Turner Construction{{cite news |title=Construction Underway on Madison Baseball Stadium |first=Bud |last=McLaughlin |url=https://huntsvillebusinessjournal.com/news/2018/09/04/construction-underway-on-madison-baseball-stadium/ |newspaper=Huntsville Business Journal |date=September 4, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |quote=Turner Construction's North Alabama office is the construction manager agent for the development. ... Hoar Construction is the general contractor for the stadium and handling the actual construction of the stadium.}}

| structural engineer = Thornton Tomasetti

| services engineer = Henderson Engineers

| general_contractor = Hoar Construction

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| tenants = Rocket City Trash Pandas (SL/DAS) 2020–present

| seating_capacity = 7,000{{cite news |title=New Madison Ballpark Approved; 2020 Opening Planned |first=Kevin |last=Reichard |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/01/30/new-madison-ballpark-approved-2020-opening-planned/ |work=Ballpark Digest |publisher=August Publications |date=January 30, 2018 |access-date=May 30, 2018}}

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Toyota Field is a baseball park in Madison, Alabama. It is located west of Huntsville, the metropolitan area's largest city, and sits on a major thoroughfare, Interstate 565. It serves as the home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas,{{cite news |title=Rocket City Trash Pandas Chosen As New Madison Baseball Team's Name |first=Patrick |last=Ary |url=https://whnt.com/2018/09/05/rocket-city-trash-pandas-chosen-as-new-madison-baseball-teams-name/ |work=WHNT |location=Huntsville |date=September 5, 2018 |access-date=September 5, 2018}} the relocated minor league team formerly known as the Mobile BayBears, a team that plays in the Southern League. It was scheduled to open April 15, 2020 and seats up to 7,000 people.{{cite news |title=MiLB Approves Mobile BayBears Move to Madison |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/05/31/milb-approves-mobile-baybears-move-to-madison/ |work=Ballpark Digest |publisher=August Publications |date=May 31, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2018}} Groundbreaking occurred on June 9, 2018. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama purchased the naming rights to the stadium.{{cite news |last=Gattis |first=Paul |title=Trash Pandas stadium to be known as Toyota Field |url=https://www.al.com/news/2019/10/trash-pandas-stadium-to-be-known-as-toyota-field.html |newspaper=The Huntsville Times |date=October 14, 2019 |access-date=October 14, 2019}}

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the United States in the spring of 2020, the minor league baseball season that year was canceled.{{cite news |title=2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved |url=https://www.milb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-shelved |website=Minor League Baseball |date=June 30, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2021}} However, some limited-attendance public events were staged by the Trash Pandas that summer at Toyota Field prior to the team's opening game on May 11, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Gattis |first1=Paul |title=Trash Pandas home opener: 'It's amazing. Everything is great here' |url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/05/trash-pandas-home-opener-its-amazing-everything-is-great-here.html |access-date=June 9, 2021 |newspaper=The Huntsville Times |date=May 11, 2021 |language=en}}

The first football game played at Toyota Field was held on October 15, 2022, between the North Alabama Lions from nearby Florence, and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. The game was the first college football game ever played in Madison, Alabama.{{cite web |last1=Kuzma |first1=Nick |title=Field revealed before first-ever football game at Toyota Field |url=https://www.rocketcitynow.com/article/sports/field-revealed-before-first-ever-football-game-at-toyota-field/525-136a5139-d686-4b79-a2a9-2b1ea2d6f433 |website=RocketCityNow.com |date=October 11, 2022 |publisher=Fox 54 |access-date=October 13, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Gattis |first1=Paul |title=College football at Trash Pandas stadium: There's 1 million reasons |url=https://www.al.com/news/2022/10/college-football-at-trash-pandas-stadium-theres-1-million-reasons.html |website=AL.com |date=October 11, 2022 |access-date=October 13, 2022}}