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Historic Jerry Uht Park celebrated its 10th year anniversary following the 2004 season. The home of the SeaWolves since 1995, over one million fans have passed through the gates at Jerry Uht Park to enjoy professional baseball. From 1995-98 the SeaWolves were a short-season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jerry Uht Park then became home to the Double-A SeaWolves beginning in 1999 as an affiliate of the Anaheim Angels. After two years with the Angels the SeaWolves moved to their current affiliate in 2001 – the Detroit Tigers.
After a $4 million renovation to the "Uht", the stadium now features six luxury suites, two picnic areas including the new Troyer Farms Picnic Garden, five main concession stands, the NEW Bud Light Beer Garden, and a raised upper deck of seats along the first base side that was voted into the Top 10 seats in Minor League Baseball. But perhaps the most unique feature of the park includes a “short porch” in left field where numerous home runs are belted over the fence just 312 feet away from home plate. Fans can get an outfielder’s perspective by standing along the left field wall and can shag the homerun balls after they careen off the 50 feet wall of the adjacent Tullio Arena.
A group of local business people and proponents of a new ballpark named “Team Erie” helped make this downtown facility possible by obtaining $8.7 million dollars for the stadium project. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 27, 1994 and the project was completed just 303 days later. According to Chuck Hall, Heery International’s Project Manager for the Erie Ballpark: “Working on a baseball park was always a dream of mine, so when the chance came to manage construction of the Erie Ballpark, I jumped at the opportunity.”
The first game at the “Uht” took place on June 20, 1995 against the Jamestown Jammers. In a storybook ending, Jose Guillen blasted a home run over the Civic Center in left field to win the game for Erie. A crowd of 6,300 jammed back the historic event in downtown Erie.
