Baseball DBAP Facilities Tour

DURHAM, N.C. -- Graduate student outfielder Jalen Phillips and redshirt junior pitcher James Ziemba take Blue Devil Network on a tour of the team's locker room at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the Tampa Bay Rays Triple-A affiliate.

The Duke baseball team renewed its agreement with the Durham Bulls in 2015 to play up to 36 exhibition and home games at the DBAP each year. The Blue Devils' new permanent locker room and clubhouse at the facility was part of the seven-year extension.

The renewal gave the Blue Devils access to one of the finest minor league stadiums in the country. The Durham Bulls Athletic Park, located in downtown Durham, opened in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 10,000. Constructed by George W. Kane Construction and designed by the Durham-based Freelon Group, in association with HOK Sport + Venue + Event - the architects who also constructed Camden Yards in Baltimore, Jacobs Field in Cleveland and Coors Field in Colorado - the DBAP features an old-style manual scoreboard at the base of a 32-foot-high wall in left field deemed "The Blue Monster." The DBAP's dimensions begin at 305 feet in left field, 371 feet at left-center field, 400 feet to center field, 373 feet in right-center field and 327 feet down the right field line.

Duke and the Durham Bulls began their partnership prior to the Blue Devils' 2010 season. The 2016 campaign marks the seventh consecutive season in which Duke will play homes games at the DBAP. Under the new agreement, the Blue Devils will play the vast majority of their home schedule at the minor league venue.

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