“A minor league ballpark is one thing. An amusement park is another. But tucked in the Allegheny Mountains is a place where there’s really no difference.” --USA Today, August 8, 2002

Opened on April 15, 1999, Blair County Ballpark is widely considered by fans, players, baseball executives and media as one of the finest minor league baseball facilities in America. Located just off Interstate 99 in Altoona, the ballpark features a beautiful brick exterior and the design is modeled after a railroad roundhouse to tie in the industry which helped found the city of Altoona, and is still very much present to this day. The inside of Blair County Ballpark features just over 7,200 fixed seats between two levels. The double-deck layout of the seating section allows for expansive lower and upper concourses, giving fans plenty of space to walk around the ballpark without having to fight through a stationary crowd of people. The “Skyliner” roller coaster from neighboring Lakemont Park and the scenic Allegheny Mountains add to the overall beauty of Blair County Ballpark.

BCB by the Numbers
Groundbreaking: March 7, 1998
Architects: L.D. Astorino Companies, Pittsburgh, PA
Contractor: Ralph J. Albarano & Sons, Duncansville, PA
Cubic Feet of Concrete: 270,000
Number of Bricks: 69,000
Width of Lower Concourse: 80 feet
Home Clubhouse Square Footage: 2,200
Visitor's Clubhouse Square Footage: 1,400
Indoor Batting Cage Square Footage: 5,000
Dugouts: 9' x 60'
Skybox Level Height (from field): 70'
Highest Point of the Ballpark (from field): 80'
Height of Light Poles (from field): 125'
Seating Capacity: 7,210
 

• Diamond Club (100 Level): 1,634
• Terrace Level (200 Level): 1,204
• Grandstand Level (300 Level): 2,646
• UPMC Health Plan Home Run Junction (OF Bleachers): 744
• Third Base Picnic Pavilion: 250
• "Rail Kings" (on Party Deck): 40
• Skybox Seating: 292
• First Base Bleachers: 400
  Largest Crowd: 9,255 (August 10, 2003)
  Luxury Skyboxes: 21
  Party Deck: Left field
  Picnic Pavilion: Left field
  UPMC Health Plan Home Run Junction: Left field
  

  Ballpark Dimensions
  LF: 325'
  LCF: 365'
  CF: 405'
  RCF: 375'
  RF: 325'
  Fence Height (left-field corner): 16'
  LF Fence Height (in front of Outfield Reserved Bleachers): 6'
  OF Fence Height: 8'
  CF Fence Height: 16'
  Curve Dugout: First Base Side
  Visitor's Dugout: Third Base Side
  Curve Bullpen: RF Line
  Visiting Bullpen: LF Line
  
  First Game: April 15, 1999 vs. Bowie
  The Curve defeated the Bowie Baysox 6-1 in front of 6,171 fans