Chiayi Municipal Baseball Stadium ( Chinese : 嘉義市立棒球場 ; pinyin : Jiāyì Shìlì Bàngqiúchǎng ) is a multi-use stadium in Chiayi City , Taiwan . It is currently used for baseball games and was the home field for the Chinatrust Whales from 1998 to 2003. The stadium was originally built in 1918 during the Taiwan under Japanese rule era and has been repeatedly refurbished. After the last refurbishment (1998) the stadium can host 10,000 spectators, and regularly hosts Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) games.
4-700: This stadium is not the Chiayi County Baseball Stadium located in Taibao City , Chiayi County . The Chiayi County Baseball Stadium was built in 1996 and had been substantially invested and maintained by the Taiwan Major League as the home stadium of the Chiayi-Tainan Luka . On the contrary, Chiayi Baseball Field has been mainly for the use of CPBL . Chiayi County Baseball Stadium has a smaller capacity and
8-593: A result, this team used its home cities' names as its name for most of its existence rather than a company's name. After TML merged with the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2003, this team merged with Taichung Agan and exchanged its name with Taipei Gida (later became Macoto Gida ), which was further changed to Macoto Cobras since 2004. For the duration of their existence Chiayi-Tainan Luka called Chiayi County Baseball Stadium home. The baseball park opened in 1999 and
12-559: Is currently derelict after TML's collapse in 2003. 23°28′52″N 120°27′57″E / 23.481076°N 120.465721°E / 23.481076; 120.465721 This article about a Taiwanese sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a baseball venue in Asia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chiayi-Tainan Luka#Home Field The Chiayi-Tainan Luka (嘉南勇士; literally "Chianan Braves") or abbreviated Chianan Luka
16-535: Was a professional baseball team in the Taiwan Major League (TML) that existed from 1997 to 2002. The team's home field included Chiayi County Baseball Stadium (not to be confused with Chiayi Baseball Field used by its CPBL then counterpart Chinatrust Whales ) and Tainan Baseball Field . Except for winning championship in TML's first season in 1997, this team did not perform well throughout its history and it only ever attracted corporate sponsors in 2000 and 2001. As
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