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Old 08-27-2023, 10:32 AM   #231
asrivkin
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Wearn Field, Charlotte

OK, continuing to post some of my backlog--here's Wearn Field in Charlotte:
Google Drive link to Wearn Field

Wearn Field (also known as Hayman Park) operated from 1912-1940, with a minor league team usually called the Charlotte Hornets in the Sally League about half of that period and in other leagues the other half. The park also hosted spring training and MLB exhibition games, and at least some Negro League baseball (though none of the teams that have been recognized as MLB as far as I can tell). Charlotte was the largest city in NC during this period (though Winston-Salem was only a hair smaller), but was not one of the 100 biggest metro areas in the USA until it got to #95 in 1940, just as the field's usage was ending.

It's reported to have had attendance at 4,000 for Babe Ruth, so the capacity is probably more like 3,500-4,000 than the 5,000 I have in the .prk file. As always, change as you need. I'm reasonably content with how this one turned out, there wasn't a lot of interior material to work with so I tried to guess what the view would be like from period maps. Next up will be Tulsa and Wichita, and I've actually been seeing if I can get Skeeters Park in Jersey City done...
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