Loeb Stadium

Coordinates: 40°24′45″N 86°52′18″W / 40.412597°N 86.871568°W / 40.412597; -86.871568 Loeb Stadium is a stadium in Columbian Park Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It was primarily used for baseball and was the home of Ohio Valley Redcoats and later the Lafayette Leopards.

The ballpark had a capacity of 3,500 people and opened in 1940. It hosted the minor league Lafayette Red Sox a founding franchise of the Midwest League in 1956.[1]

It is home to the Colt League Baseball World Series every August since 1974, home to the Lafayette Jefferson High School Bronchos for IHSAA Baseball, and the home for the Lafayette Aviators from the Prospect League since 2016. It has hosted the IHSAA Baseball State Finals four times, most recently in 2005.

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