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Vince Genna Stadium

Coordinates: 44°02′35″N 121°17′56″W / 44.043°N 121.299°W

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Vince Genna Stadium
Construction
Looking northeast at an Elks game in 2011

Former names	Municipal Ball Park (1964–1972)
Location	SE 5th & Roosevelt Ave Bend, Oregon
Coordinates	44°02′35″N 121°17′56″W / 44.043°N 121.299°W / 44.043; -121.299
Owner	Bend Metro Park and Recreation District
Operator	Bend Elks
Capacity	3,500
Field size	Left Field – 330 ft (101 m) Center Field – 390 ft (119 m) Right Field – 330 ft (101 m)
Surface	Natural grass
Opened	1964, 60 years ago
Renovated	1974
Expanded	2009
Tenants
Bend Rainbows (NWL) (1970–1971) Bend Timber Hawks (NWL) (1978) Central Oregon Phillies (NWL) (1979–1980) Bend Phillies (NWL) (1981–1986) Bend Bucks (NWL) (1987–1991) Bend Rockies (NWL) (1992–1994) Bend Bandits (WBL) (1995–1998) Bend Elks (WCL) (2000–present)

Bend

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Location in the western United States

Bend

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Location in Oregon

Vince Genna Stadium is a baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Bend, Oregon. Opened 60 years ago in 1964, it currently hosts college summer baseball league and area American Legion games.

Originally known as "Municipal Ball Park", it was renamed 52 years ago in June 1972 for Vince Genna (1921–2007),^[1]^[2] the director of the city's parks & recreation department and former American Legion coach.^[3] When minor league baseball returned in 1978 with the Timber Hawks, Genna was an honorary first base coach in their debut game.^[4]

The stadium was the longtime home of Bend's minor league teams in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League, and later the Bend Bandits of the Western Baseball League. It is currently the home of the Bend Elks in the collegiate summer West Coast League and has a seating capacity of approximately 3,500.

In the south end of the city, the elevation of the natural grass playing field is approximately 3,700 feet (1,130 m) above sea level and is unconventionally oriented northwest; the recommended alignment of a baseball diamond (home plate to center field) is east-northeast.^[5] In 1978, the Timber Hawks had intermissions called "sun breaks" near sundown when the glare was excessive.^[6] The Angels cited the need for adequate sun screens in left field (west) as one of the reasons for breaking their affiliation with the Bend Bucks after the 1989 season.^[7]

The stadium has hosted affiliates of four major-league teams (Angels, A's, Phillies, and Rockies), four players who made the majors (Brian Barden, Julio Franco, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Eric Sogard), and one future movie star (Kurt Russell played for the Bend Rainbows in 1971).^[8]

In 1979, the Central Oregon Phillies paid the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District $9,500 for use of the ballpark for the season. In 1980, the team paid $9,700.^[9] In 2008, the Bend Elks led the WCL in league and overall attendance, averaging 1,430 fans at Genna Stadium over 21 league home games.^[10] In 2010 Genna Stadium continued to lead the WCL in total and league attendance, along with average game attendance; its record-setting season attendance exceeded 50,000.^[11]

In November of 2022, the baseball field underwent a $300,000 renovation which made the infield completely turf.^[12]

The field is commonly used for the YouTube Channel “The Baseball Bat Bros” who test out baseball bats for High School and College athletes to see how new baseball bats compare to each other ^[13]

Northwest League records

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Short-season Class A

Year	Team	MLB team	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1970	Rainbows	none ^ (2 yrs.)	39–41	3rd (t)	Charlie Silvera
1971	Rainbows	none ^ (2 yrs.)	42–36	3rd	Ed Cecil
No teams: 1972–1977 (six seasons)
1978	Timber Hawks	Athletics	35–37	5th	Ed Nottle
1979	Central Oregon Phillies	Phillies (8 yrs.)	43–28	1st	Tom Harmon	League Champions
1980	Central Oregon Phillies		31–39	7th	P. J. Carey
1981	Phillies		31–39	5th	P. J. Carey
1982			30–40	5th	Roly de Armas
1983			32–37	6th	Jay Wild
1984			38–36	4th	Ramón Avilés
1985			39–35	3rd (t)	P. J. Carey
1986			21–53	8th	Ed Pebley
1987	Bucks	Co-op^[14]^[15]	33–42	5th	Mel Roberts
1988		Angels (2 yrs.)	38–38	5th (t)	Don Long
1989		Angels (2 yrs.)	33–42	6th	Don Long
1990		Co-op^[15]^[16] (2 yrs.)	29–47	8th	Mike Bubalo
1991		Co-op^[15]^[16] (2 yrs.)	30–46	7th	Bill Stein
1992	Rockies	Rockies (3 yrs.)	43–33	1st (t)	Gene Glynn	League finals
1993			35–41	6th (t)	Howie Bedell
1994			29–47	8th	Rudy Jaramillo