Bowen Field, Bluefield, West Virginia.

Home of the Bluefield Orioles of the short-season Appalachian League.

Thanks to photographer Dave Parlet for these 1996 photos!

Use your browser's Back button to return to this menu from a displayed photo.

Photos taken August 1996:

• Stadium exterior view.
• The grandstand.
• The playing field.
• A light tower is in the left field foul area.
• Looking down the first base line.
• Note the steps from the stands to the field.
• Batting practice.
• The visiting Elizabethton Twins waiting for their turn at infield warmups.

Photos taken May 2009:

• The Main Gate.
• Ticket windows.
• Closeup of the league pennants on the building.
• Steps up to the grandstand and box seats.
• The playing field.
• The grandstand.
• Grandstand seating.
• First base side box seat area.
• Looking toward the third base dugout.
• Left side of the grandstand.
• Right side of the grandstand.
• Low roof clearance on the top row.
• The screen protects the width of the grandstand.
• Steps up to the grandstand and box seats next to the first base dugout.
• Third base dugout.
• Across the infield to right field.
• Left field, center field and the batter's eye.
• The grandstand from left field.
• Reserved for the Rail Birds.
• Team office.
• Looking out to the parking lot.
• Concession stand.
• Grandstand ramp on the third base side.
• Stadium dedication plaque.
• Grandstand plaque.

Back to Ballpark Photo Main Menu