Island Field (Vimpeli)
Saarikenttä | |
Island Field in the winter of 2018. | |
Island Field Location within South Ostrobothnia Island Field Island Field (Finland) Island Field Island Field (Europe) | |
| Address | Patruunantie 15 62800 Vimpeli |
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| Location | Vimpeli, Finland |
| Coordinates | 63°09′05″N 23°49′28″E / 63.151251°N 23.824504°E |
| Public transit | Vimpeli, Matkapeura line 172 |
| Owner | Municipality of Vimpeli |
| Capacity | 2,590 |
| Record attendance | 5,572[1] 1990 (All-Star Game) |
| Field size | Centre field: 120 m (390 ft) |
| Surface | Clay Grass (Most of outer field) Water (Outer left and outer right fields) |
| Opened | 1937 |
| Tenants | |
| Vimpelin Veto (1937–present) | |
Island Field (Finnish: Saarikenttä, Swedish: Saarikenttä bobollsstadion[2]) is a pesäpallo stadium located in Vimpeli, Finland. Since its opening in 1937, it has been the home field of the Vimpelin Veto, a Superpesis team.[1][3] The current grandstand structures were built in 1990. and the sand-based artificial turf was installed in 1994. The current spectator capacity is around 3,000 (with a covered section for 1,500 of them).[4]
The Island Field is located literally on an island in the middle of the Savonjoki. Created in the 1930s on fill land, the pesäpallo field has since been modernised, but is still one of the few pesäpallo fields in Finland where the ball can drift into the water and still be legally playable.[1]
The stadium also hosts the annual concert Saarikenttä Festival, typically in July.[5] The half-marathon race Windal ½-maraton held in the autumn has its start and finish lines inside the stadium.[6]
Gallery
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During a pesäpallo match in 2010.
References
- ^ a b c "Saarikenttä". Superpesis. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Från Etseri till Evijärvi" (in Swedish). Visit Seinäjoki Region. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Fields". Finnish Pesäpallo Association. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Saarikenttä". Vimpelin Veto ry (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "Vimpeliin uusi Saarikenttä Festivaali heinäkuussa kotimaisin huippuartistein!" (in Finnish). JPnews. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Tuula Jokiaho (19 September 2024). "Windal ½-maraton pinkaistaan taas Vimpelissä" (in Finnish). Torstai-lehti. Retrieved 30 April 2025.