Marshall Selects a New Location for Its New Baseball Stadium

University officials announced Friday that the site of Marshall’s baseball stadium is moving, but the project is still hoped to be completed by 2024. The new stadium will be built along a parcel of land located at 2nd Avenue and 22nd Street, adjacent to the Marshall University Dot Hicks Field. Marshall President Brad D. Smith said while the project was initially slated for property on 5th Avenue, the newly designated site was selected because it will be developed at a lower cost and with an accelerated time to completion. Initial work on the 2nd Avenue site will include an environmental analysis and other pre-development tasks, with construction expected to start in October. The university said it still plans to have the field built by 2024.