July 5, 2001
FINISHED WALL
Completed Wall (August 13, 2001)
Completed Wall (August 13, 2001)
Complete Wall from third base dugout (June 27, 2001)
Complete Wall from home plate (June 27, 2001)
FOLLOW THE CONSTRUCTION
Scoreboard Installed (June 21, 2001)
Scoreboard From Centerfield Corner (June 21, 2001)
Scoreboard Construction (June 21, 2001)
Scoreboard From Home Plate (June 21, 2001)
Behind The Wall (June 21, 2001)
Scoreboard Framework (June 21, 2001)
Framework Sideview (June 21, 2001)
Field View (June 21, 2001)
Rendition of the Blue Monster
Rendition of the scoreboard
Blue Monster Frame Work from Centerfield
Blue Monster Frame Work from Home Plate
Blue Monster Frame Work Closeup
Blue Monster Scoreboard Crates
Page Stadium, home of Loyola Marymount University baseball, will take a step back in time and establish some new character this summer.
Thanks to a gift from Paul Mikos, a new wall in leftfield will be installed at Page Stadium that will contain a new manual scoreboard, complete with out of town scores reminiscent of some of major league baseball's classic ball parks. A replica to Fenway Park's Green Monster, the Lions "Blue Monster" will stand 130-feet wide and 37-feet tall and make the home of the six-time WCC Champions one of the most unique in the nation.
Within the wall will be only one of a handful of manual score boards in all of baseball. The board itself isn't small, standing 18-feet tall and 46-feet wide. Complete with a line score and out-of-town West Coast Conference score updates, the score board will combine some old-time baseball charm with today's technology.
The score board will have electronic balls, strikes and outs, along with electronic at-bat and hit/error identification. Every other component will be tallied using 2-foot square aluminum score cards slipped in behind the scoreboard manually.
Giving Page its final piece of character will be a five-foot indent connecting the Blue Monster with the existing outfield fencing, similar to the odd outfield shapes of the classic Fenway Park in Boston and the new Enron Field in Houston.
The Stadium itself was originally build and completed in 1983. Boasting grandstand seating for more than 600, the facility features a "VIP" section with 200 theater-type seats. The field accommodations include spacious field-level dugouts and bullpens along with a double batting tunnel. The first game was held on March 19, 1983 against Cal State Fullerton.
