TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
The Edmonton Prospects building new ballpark in Spruce Grove By Shayna Wiwierski
The Spruce Grove Metro Ballpark will be the future home of the Edmonton Prospects. The team previously played at RE/MAX Field in Edmonton.
A new state-of-the-art ballpark is
negotiations with the City of Edmonton
coming to Spruce Grove.
didn’t pan out the way we had wanted
Planned to start construction this
and so our team, along with our league,
summer, the Spruce Grove Metro
was looking for another option during
Ballpark will be the future home of the
the negotiation process,” says Patrick
Edmonton Prospects, one of 11 Western
Cassidy, general manager and managing
Canadian Baseball League franchises
partner for the baseball team and
and part of Canada’s oldest league with
ballpark development project. “Leading
a history dating back to 1932.
up to that, we had an eye on Spruce
The team was formerly playing at
Grove and saw it as a great opportunity
RE/MAX Field in Edmonton, but once
for another club in the metro Edmonton
negotiations began to break down with
market.”
the City of Edmonton, the team began to explore alternatives. “We needed a ballpark. Our
The new ballpark will be located at the northeast corner of Pioneer Road and Highway 16A, only eight minutes off
The project consists of a 150,000- square-foot ballpark with 2,200 grandstand seats, 200 premium seats, and 420 skybox suite seats, as well as general admission seating for up to 650 spectators on the grass area and various patios throughout the promenade. 62
Edmonton Construction Association
the Anthony Henday Drive in Edmonton. The area has strong growth projections and is a large community with plenty of families, a demographic that is music to the ears of any minor league baseball franchise. Currently the area is a greenfield site that has yet to be developed. Achesonbased JEN COL Construction is the construction manager on the project with TBD Architecture + Urban Planning doing the design. There are a number of engineers currently involved as well, including ECA members RJC Engineers. Vertical construction is planned to start in July/August of this year and the horizontal construction, including the utility installation, infrastructure work, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, power, water, etc. started in spring 2021. The project consists of a 150,000square-foot ballpark with 2,200 grandstand seats, 200 premium seats, and 420 skybox suite seats, as well as