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Danville Stadium
Location	610 Highland Blvd.; Danville, Illinois 61832; United States
Coordinates	40°06′35″N 87°37′54″W / 40.109593°N 87.631788°W
Public transit	DMT
Capacity	5200
Opened	1946
Tenants
	Baseball; Danville Warriors (MWL) (1970–1976, 1982); Danville Dans (PL) (1989–present)

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Danville Stadium is a baseball stadium in Danville, Illinois, located at 610 Highland Boulevard. ^[1]

Danville Stadium is currently home to the Danville Dans of the collegiate summer Prospect League. The ballpark was formerly home of the Danville Warriors, which was a Class A minor league baseball team in the Midwest League. Originally built in 1946, the park has a capacity of 4,000 people. Selected scenes from the 1992 movie The Babe were filmed here.

References

^ "Danville Stadium is Rich in History".

Bill Franz, Bob Puhala, Lyndee Jobe Henderson, Illinois Off the Beaten Path - Page 117, Globe Pequot, 2007, ISBN 0-7627-4413-8
Brent P. Kelley, The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes - Page 374, McFarland & Company, 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0875-8

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[1] "Danville Stadium is Rich in History".

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+{{Short description|Baseball stadium in Danville, Illinois}}
-'''Danville Stadium''' is a [[stadium]] in [[Danville, Illinois]].  It is primarily used for [[baseball]] and was home to the [[Danville Warriors]]; currently, it is home to the [[Danville Dans]] of the summer-collegiate [[Prospect League]]. Built in 1946, it holds 4,000 people.  Selected scenes from the 1992 movie ''The Babe'' were filmed here.
+{{Infobox stadium
+| stadium_name      = Danville Stadium
+| nickname          =
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+| location          = 610 Highland Blvd.<br>[[Danville, Illinois]] 61832<br>{{flag|United States}}|
+| broke_ground      =
+| opened            = 1946
+| renovated         =
+| coordinates       = {{coord|40.109593|-87.631788|display=inline, title|type:landmark}}
+| publictransit     = {{Bus icon}} [[Danville Mass Transit|DMT]]
+| closed            =
+| demolished        =
+| owner             =
+| operator          =
+| surface           =
+| construction_cost =
+| architect         =
+| former_names      =
+| tenants           = '''Baseball'''<br>[[Danville Warriors]] ([[Midwest League|MWL]]) (1970–1976, 1982)<br>[[Danville Dans]] ([[Prospect League|PL]]) (1989–present)
+| seating_capacity  = 5200
+| dimensions        =
+}}
+'''Danville Stadium''' is a [[baseball]] [[stadium]] in [[Danville, Illinois]], located at 610 Highland Boulevard.  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danvilledans.org/stadium.php|title = Danville Stadium is Rich in History}}</ref>
-==References==
-*Bill Franz, Bob Puhala, Lyndee Jobe Henderson, ''Illinois Off the Beaten Path - Page 117'', Globe Pequot, 2007, ISBN 0762744138
-*Brent P. Kelley, ''The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes - Page 374'', McFarland & Company, 2000, ISBN 0786408758
+Danville Stadium is currently home to the [[Danville Dans]] of the [[Collegiate summer baseball|collegiate summer]] [[Prospect League]].  The ballpark was formerly home of the [[Danville Warriors]], which was a Class A [[minor league]] baseball team in the [[Midwest League]]. Originally built in 1946, the park has a capacity of 4,000 people.  Selected scenes from the 1992 movie ''[[The Babe]]'' were filmed here.
-{{Prospect league ballparks}}
+==References==
-{{coord|40.109593|-87.631788|display=t|type:landmark}}
+<references />
+{{refbegin}}
+*Bill Franz, Bob Puhala, Lyndee Jobe Henderson, ''Illinois Off the Beaten Path - Page 117'', Globe Pequot, 2007, {{ISBN|0-7627-4413-8}}
+*Brent P. Kelley, ''The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversations with 66 More Baseball Heroes - Page 374'', McFarland & Company, 2000, {{ISBN|0-7864-0875-8}}
+{{refend}}
+{{Prospect League Ballparks |state=autocollapse}}
-[[Category:Sports venues in Illinois]]
 [[Category:Minor league baseball venues]]
+[[Category:Baseball venues in Illinois]]
+[[Category:Buildings and structures in Danville, Illinois]]
+[[Category:Sports in Danville, Illinois]]
+[[Category:1946 establishments in Illinois]]
+[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1946]]
+[[Category:Mississippi-Ohio Valley League]]
+[[Category:Defunct Midwest League ballparks]]
-{{Illinois-stadium-stub}}
+{{Illinois-baseball-venue-stub}}