“We want people to want to come to St. Patrick,” said President Mike Sticha of the St. Patrick Athletic Association. “We want to make our ballpark a destination. It’s been a lifelong goal, from a community perspective it solidifies us as a true facility. We want to be part of that conversation when people think about going to a ballgame. There are so many great ballparks around here and we want to dip our toes in that water.”
The Athletic Association has continually invested and fundraised to make the field the best it can be. In 2019, the Minnesota Twins Community Fund granted a donation for the association to complete a 30-year-old backstop with a concrete knee wall, black netting and steel poles. An ambitious capital campaign of $750,000 was launched in 2020 to raise money for further improvements, including LED lights. Recently, River’s Edge Concrete partnered with the Cemstone Placing division to successfully deliver and place concrete walls for the field’s new dugouts. Drew’s Flatwork will return in a couple of weeks to complete the remaining pavements for the project.
Thank you to the team members of River’s Edge and Cemstone Placing for collaborating on this project!