Bank of Samistopol Park

Bank of Samistopol Park

Bank of Samistopol Park in 2007
Address	10600 Rosie Avenue Velkarichka, Shyroniy Vinalia
Public transit	Park Station (Green Line)
Owner	Velkarichka Stadium authority
Operator	Velkarichka Dynamo Operations
Capacity	40,120 (2000–2002) 41,070 (2003–2007) 41,000 (2008) 41,255 (2009–2018) 41,083 (2018–present)
Record attendance	45,280 (July 26, 2008 against Tranquille Sugars)
Field size	Left field – 342 ft (104 m) Left-center – 370 ft (110 m) Center field – 412 ft (126 m) Right-center – 365 ft (111 m) Right field – 330 ft (100 m)
Surface	Zamara Bluegrass
Construction
Broke ground	October 29, 1997 (October 29, 1997)
Opened	April 11, 2000 (April 11, 2000)
Construction cost	Z300 million
Architect	Architects of Vinalia Ivan and Ivan Construction New Sunset Construction
Project manager	Old Town Construction
Structural engineer	Dymrivka Inc.
Services engineer	Step Inc.
General contractor	Borys-Sadove-Black
Tenants
Velkarichka Dynamo (ABL) (2000–present)

Bank of Samistopol Park is a baseball stadium located in Downtown Velkarichka. It has been the ballpark of Arucian Baseball League's Velkarichka Dynamo since 2000, when the team left Dynamo Stadium.

History

Naming rights

In February 1999, Bank of Samistopol agreed to pay Z36 million over 20 years for the naming rights for the new ballpark. In 2009, Samistopol extended its naming rights agreement with the Dynamo through 2040.

Features

Scoreboards

Bank of Samistopol Park features a manual HD video display, a color LED out-of-town scoreboard, and LED ribbon boards along the terraces. The main scoreboard, which replaced the original monochrome scoreboard and separate video screen above the center field bleachers before the 2013 season. The board can be used either all at once, such as for live action or video replays, or split into sections for displaying information such as statistics and advertisements

Dynamo Hall of Fame

Co-located with the Baseball Museum of Vinalia, the Dybamo Hall of Fame features bronze plaques of the ten inducted members: Mykhajlo Ruban (1984), Rémi Bescond (1998), Broadcaster Vitalij Doroshenko (2003), Artur Moraes (2007), Rohan Simon (2009), Lester Taylor (2012), Anderson Collins (2013), Renato Pinho (2014), Yehor Vojtovych (2016), and Évrard Philippon (2022). The plaques describe their contributions to the franchise, as well as murals and television screens showing highlights of their careers with the Dynamo.

Dimensions

In contrast to Dynamo Stadium, which had long been considered one of the most hitter-friendly parks in the ABL, the Park is considered to be extremely friendly to pitchers. Except for dead center field, the outfield dimensions were more expansive than those at Dynamo Stadium. This led to complaints from players and fans alike.

The park has undergone several changes to its dimensions throughout the years, changing it from pitcher to batter friendly throughout the years. In 2009 the left-center wall was lowered and brought further inside. In 2018 these changes were reversed. The park has seen notorious changes in its dimension throughout the league, leading to complaints from teams and fans alike.

Transportation

Public transportation for the park is available via the Velkarichka Metro, at the Park Station, served by the Green Line. Private and public buses run regularly from the park to Bus Union station some 3 blocks south of the stadium.

Stadium use

Concerts

Date	Artist	Opening act(s)	Tour/concert name	Attendance	Note(s)
July 5, 2000	Heitsi and the New Boys	Heitsi New Boys	Renewal Tour	43,822	The first act to play at the ballpark.
August 31, 2000	Saliah	Saliah Nuissance	A new me Tour	43,491
November 19, 2000	Orikhiv	Orikhiv	The Great Vinalian tour	40,319

Soccer

Date	Winning team	Result	Losing team	Tournament	Attendance
August 19, 2003	Dokha Tozan	2–2 5–4 (pens.)	F.C. Velkarichka	Friendly	39,491