Centene Stadium

Centene Stadium is a stadium in Great Falls, Montana. It is named for the Centene Corporation which paid for the naming rights to the stadium. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Great Falls Voyagers minor league baseball team. It was built in 1940 and holds 4,000 people. The ballpark has a picnic area and a BBQ area. Field dimensions are 335 to right field, 328 to left field, 415 to center field, and 368 to each power alley.

Centene Stadium
Former namesLegion Park (1940-2007)
Location1015 25th St. N
Great Falls, MT 59405
OwnerCity of Great Falls
OperatorGreat Falls Baseball Club, Inc.
Capacity3,001
Field sizeLeft Field - 328
Center Field - 415
Right Field - 335
SurfaceNatural grass
Construction
Opened1940
Renovated2005
Expanded1945
Tenants
Great Falls Voyagers (1969-Present)
Great Falls Electrics (1940-1963)
Great Falls Chargers AA
Great Falls Chargers A
Great Falls Chargers B

The baseball park is owned by the City of Great Falls and leased to the Great Falls Baseball Club, Inc., which is a non-profit organization. In exchange for maintaining the park and updates, the city requires that the three local high school (American Legion affiliated) teams be allowed to practice and play in the stadium as long as it does not interfere with the Minor League operations of the Great Falls Voyagers. Since the Advanced Rookie League starts late in June, this is usually not a problem.

The three American Legion Baseball teams that play in the park are the Great Falls Chargers AA, Chargers A and Chargers B. The previous names of these teams where the Great Falls Stallions, the Great Falls Electrics, and the Great Falls Chargers. (The programs all merged into one organization thus the new name).

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