Derks Field
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| Location | 1300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 |
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| Owner | City of Salt Lake City |
| Operator | City of Salt Lake City |
| Capacity | 5,000 (1947-1957) 10,000 (1958-1993) |
| Surface | Natural Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | February 1947 |
| Opened | May 23, 1947 |
| Expanded | 1958 |
| Closed | 1993 |
| Tenants | |
| Salt Lake Bees Salt Lake Gulls Salt Lake City Trappers |
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Derks Field was a baseball stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the home field of the Salt Lake Bees, Salt Lake Gulls, and the Salt Lake City Trappers of the Pioneer Baseball League until Smith's Ballpark opened on the same site in 1994. It also hosted the Salt Lake Sting of the American Professional Soccer League. The stadium held 10,000 spectators and opened in 1947. It was named for Salt Lake Tribune sports editor John C. Derks.
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- Defunct minor league baseball venues
- Defunct baseball venues
- Sports venues in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Defunct soccer venues in the United States
- Soccer venues in Utah
- Sports venues completed in 1946
- Defunct sports venues in Utah
- 1947 establishments in Utah
- 1993 disestablishments in Utah
- Western United States baseball venue stubs
- Utah sports venue stubs
- Utah sport stubs
