Biography university of hawaii baseball stadium

Les Murakami Stadium is the baseball stadium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu CDP,^[1]City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

The stadium was built in 1984 and renamed after legendary Rainbow coach Les Murakami for the 2002 season.

Aloha stadium baseball configuration

History

In 1983, the University of Hawaii appropriated the money to build a state-of-the-art on-campus baseball facility. The project took less than nine months to complete. On February 17, 1984, Rainbow Stadium opened its gates for a game between Hawaii and USC.

The facility originally cost $11.2 million in 1984. In 1985, the roof, which was only the middle section, was extended down the first- and third-base lines and AstroTurf was laid over the entire playing surface, boosting the final cost to $12.2 million.

Some of the architectural features include two concession stands, two sunken dugouts with separate locker room facilities, the new Grand Slam Booster Club room, a locker r