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Bicentennial Park - Baseball
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In partnership with the City of Allentown, the College will embark on a comprehensive renovation of Bicentennial Park, a historic baseball facility located at Lehigh and South Howard Streets, on the south side of the city. This project will provide an NCAA-standard venue for Muhlenberg baseball that will also serve as a hub for community activities, such as free monthly community baseball clinics and other volunteer opportunities and service projects.
The renovation will be carried out in several phases: The first phase will involve reconditioning the infield and outfield, demolishing the bleachers to make way for new bullpens and batting cages, installing expanded outfield fencing and netting and installing a new scoreboard and dugouts. In the future, renovations will include adding bleachers, as well as creating spaces for locker rooms, offices, concessions, ticket booths, a press box and other park enhancements.
Bicentennial Park is a baseball and softball stadium in Allentown, PA. The park, originally named after the bicentennial year in which it was renovated, was officially renamed Earl F. Hunsicker Bicentennial Park after Hunsicker's death in 1987; it was renamed ECTB Stadium at Earl F. Hunsicker Bicentennial Park in 2005. ECTB is an acronym for the Elite Championship Tournament Baseball, a youth baseball organization.
The stadium and land around it are owned by the City of Allentown and currently leased to the ECTB, which in turn sublets the stadium to numerous community organizations which host events there throughout the year. The ballpark currently seats 4,600.
