Springs Brooks Stadium
Spring Brooks Stadium/Vrooman Field is a baseball stadium located on the campus of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. It is the home field of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team. The 33,000-square-foot baseball project includes 2,500 permanent seats, with the potential to accommodate between 5,000-6,000 fans for major events like an NCAA postseason tournament.
History
Formerly known as Charles Watson Stadium - Vrooman Field, the facility underwent renovations in 2004, which included a new scoreboard, a new fence, a new infield and a new sound system. The field also had new lights installed in 2005. In 2008, new seats and new turf outside of the bases and home plate were installed. The clubhouse was also renovated with new lockers, a new lounge and a new training facility. Stadium capacity was expanded to nearly 2,200 during the 2008 season, with the addition of a right field deck dubbed "The Rooster's Nest". The stadium hosted an NCAA Regional for the first time in 2008. After the 2012 season ended, Charles Watson Stadium was scheduled to have major renovations. During the 2013 and 2014 baseball seasons, Coastal Carolina played their home games in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, at TicketReturn.com Field while Watson Stadium was under construction.
The stadium officially reopened on February 13, 2015, under its new name, Springs Brooks Stadium - Vrooman Field. The first game played was the University of Maryland vs Western Kentucky University as part of the Caravelle Resort Tournament that CCU hosted. Later that same day, Coastal Carolina defeated Old Dominion 4–0 in front of a crowd of 1,736, their first home game since renovations were completed.[1] The attendance record (3,086) was set on March 24, 2015, when CCU defeated the University of South Carolina 9–8 in a game that went 11 innings.[2]