New field at Frontier

Rochester Red Wing fans you may notice something new at the ball park next season. Frontier Field is getting a facelift. A massive field renovation project is nearing completion.

A new surface means a major improvement here at Frontier Field.

 “This is as good as any major league field in the country,” says stadium director Jim LeBeau.

It certainly doesn’t look like a major league field now - but give it a few days. The grass is being rolled out and crews are hard at work covering the infield here at Frontier Field -part of a one million dollar face lift for this 12 year old ball park in downtown Rochester.

The shipment of sod was delivered Thursday morning from New Jersey. It’s a special turf used by many major league baseball teams. It’s a much need upgraded for Red Wing players.

“They will notice because of the compaction in certain areas was more or less than other areas you would have a little bit of ripple in some cases,” says LeBeau.

With teams like the Red Wings and Rhinos pounding on this field over the years - it became to compacted which lead to poor drainage and now field replacement.

After the grass is in place, crews will cover it with a tarp for the winter.

The project costs around one million dollars and that was paid for by a grant for the state.