Trees Field

{{Short description|Athletic facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}

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| stadium_name = Trees Field

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| image = TreesField3.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = Trees Field baseball field facility (right) and practice field (left)

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| location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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| opened = 1939

| renovated = 1999

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| closed = 2010

| demolished = TBD

| owner = University of Pittsburgh

| operator = University of Pittsburgh

| surface = baseball: AstroTurf infield and natural grass outfield
softball: natural grass outfield
practice fields: AstroTurf

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| tenants = Pittsburgh Panthers baseball
Pittsburgh Panthers softball

| seating_capacity = 500

| dimensions = Baseball:
Left Field – {{convert|302|ft|m|0}}
Left-Center – {{convert|365|ft|m|0}}
Center Field – {{convert|400|ft|m|0}}
Right-Center – {{convert|385|ft|m|0}}
Right Field – {{convert|328|ft|m|0}}{{cite book | url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2010MediaGuide.pdf | title=Pitt Baseball 2010 Media Guide | editor-first=Lauren | editor-last=Rupert | editor2-first=Mendy | editor2-last=Nestor | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh, PA | year=2010 | page=3 | access-date=2010-05-19}}

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Trees Field is a facility consisting of athletic fields located at the upper campus of the University of Pittsburgh located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The facility contained both a baseball and softball fields, which were often individually referred to as "Trees Field", as well as two adjacent artificial turf practice fields.

Prior to the opening of the Petersen Sports Complex in 2010, the baseball and softball stadiums served as the home fields of the university's Panthers college baseball and softball teams and had listed capacities of 500 spectators.{{cite news | title=Pitt's time at Trees Field coming to an end | url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10140/1059456-142.stm | first=Ray | last=Fittipaldo | newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | location=Pittsburgh, PA | date=2010-05-20 | access-date=2010-06-07}} Prior to 1999, Trees Field had undergone greater than $500,000 in renovations that included the installation of an AstroTurf infield, lights, and the two AstroTurf practice fields.{{cite book | url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2010MediaGuide.pdf | title=Pitt Baseball 2010 Media Guide | editor-first=Lauren | editor-last=Rupert | editor2-first=Mendy | editor2-last=Nestor | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh, PA | year=2010 | page=71 | access-date=2010-05-19}} Although they still exist, it is planned that baseball and softball fields will serve as the site of a new track and field facility.{{citation|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/genrel/auto_pdf/OSCBrochure092409.pdf|title=The Olympic Sports Complex|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|page=6|date=September 24, 2009|access-date=March 27, 2013}}

The adjacent 1.5 acre athletic field had artificial turf that was lined for two regulation flag football fields installed in 1999. The fields are utilized as multi-purpose areas for intramural sports, club sports, as practice space for the Pitt Band.{{cite web|url=http://www.intramurals.pitt.edu/IMfields.php|title=Intramural Fields|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Intramurals & Recreation|access-date=March 27, 2013}}

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