Pan Am Ball Park

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Ajax Sportsplex
Pan Am Ball Park
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Former names President's Choice Ajax Ballpark
Location 1803-1843 Audley Road, Ajax, Ontario
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Owner Town of Ajax
Capacity (temporary) Two 5,000 seat stadiums
Two 1,200 seat stadiums (12,400 total)
Construction
Built 2013-2014
Opened 2015
Tenants
2015 Pan American Games
Ajax Spartans Minor Baseball Association

The Ajax Sportsplex is a baseball and softball facility located in Ajax, Ontario, Canada that hosted the baseball and softball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1] During the games the venue was known as the President's Choice Ajax Ballpark.[2]

Description

The facility consists of four softball diamonds and two baseball diamonds at Taunton Road and Audley Road in north east Ajax.[3] Prior to the games the facility received 9 million dollars in upgrades to ensure it met World Baseball Softball Confederation standards, which included converting two soccer fields into a baseball diamond and the adjacent existing baseball diamond being rebuilt with new sod and clay.[4] During the games the Sportsplex housed four different stadiums. Two premier fields had temporary seating for 5,000 each, with one being for baseball and one for softball and two competition fields had 1,200 seats each (one for each sport).[5]

Requirements

The Organizers set a few benchmarks for selecting the venue.[6]

  • The venue was owned by the city.
  • The venue was within the games area.
  • The site would ideally have a training facility as well.
  • The facility would be ready to start construction in late March 2013.
  • A binding agreement would have to be signed by end of July 2012.
  • Easy access to public transit.
  • Agree to cover 44% of the costs.

Hamilton[6] and Vaughan[7] considered bidding, but ultimately chose not to.

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Original Plan

The Rogers Centre was originally scheduled to host baseball but was dropped as it was too big.

The original plan had Rogers Centre (deemed too big by organizers) and Richmond Green hosting baseball and Lakefront West Park in Oshawa hosting softball. The latter two were dropped, because the organizers wanted to hold both sports at the same location.[8]

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