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This is an article for baseball stadium in Akron, Ohio. For tourist-oriented area in Duluth, Minnesota, see Canal Park (Duluth).

Canal Park
Location	300 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44308
Broke ground	January 5, 1996
Opened	April 10, 1997
Closed	N/A
Demolished	N/A
Owner	City of Akron
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	US$31 million
Architect	Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri
Former names
None
Tenants
Akron Aeros (1997-present) (Eastern League (AA))
Capacity
9,097 "expandable" to 12,500 [1]
Dimensions
Left Field - 331 ft Left Center - 376 ft Center Field - 400 ft Right Center - 375 ft Right Field - 337 ft

Canal Park is a baseball stadium located in Akron, Ohio, United States, that is the home of the Akron Aeros of the Eastern League. The team is a double-A minor-league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport, the same architectural firm that designed Jacobs Field, the Indians' stadium that opened three years earlier. The stadium takes its name from its location adjacent to the Ohio and Erie Canal, which runs behind the left-field wall.

The stadium is designed as a single deck with the concourse at the top. All seats are sold for one price, regardless of number of rows from the field, except for right-field bleacher seating which is one dollar less. Seats extend all the way from one foul pole to the other (farther than most other parks at this level), and most sections contain 20 to 25 rows, although they taper to as little as five in the corners.

A series of 25 luxury boxes, and the press box, covers the concourse and the top few rows of seats from first base around to third base. The walkway down the right-field line is also covered, and contains a restaurant and the Aeros' team shop. A picnic berm in left field is available for pre-game rental by groups of 25 or more.

During the 2006 season, the Akron Aeros will have several events to celebrate their 10th season in Canal Park.

New scoreboard display at Canal Park

In August 2006, the park completed the installation of a new 18'x25' digital scoreboard to replace the original board with light bulbs. The new board has full color animation capacity and features a four color matrix display. The $386,000 project was originally expected to be completed in early July. [2]. The entire scoreboard measures 56¼'x68' and is the largest free-standing scoreboard in minor league baseball.

Source: 2006 Akron Aeros Media Guide

• Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues