ESL Ballpark
ESL Ballpark is a stadium in Rochester, United States that opened in 1996. Its recorded capacity is 13,500.
Key facts
ESL Ballpark is a stadium in Rochester, United States that opened in 1996. Its recorded capacity is 13,500. It is owned by Monroe County. It is operated by Rochester Community Baseball and Rochester Community Baseball. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Frontier Field, Innovative Field. Current tenants are Rochester Raging Rhinos 1996–2005, Rochester Red Wings 1997–present, Rochester Rattlers 2001–2002, Empire State Yankees 2012, Toronto Blue Jays taxi squad 2020, Rochester Red Wings, Rochester Rhinos.
- Location
- Rochester, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 13,500
- Opened
- 1996
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Monroe County
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
ESL Ballpark is at latitude 43.158267, longitude -77.619794, in Rochester, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 43.158267 |
| Longitude | -77.619794 |
| City | Rochester |
| Region | Rochester |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
ESL Ballpark has carried 2 recorded names. Frontier Field (no sponsor) ran 1996 to 2022. Innovative Field (no sponsor) ran 2023 to 2026. The average tenure of a name here is 14.5 years.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Monroe County | 1996 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Rochester Community Baseball | 1996 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Rochester Community Baseball | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Raging Rhinos 1996–2005 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Rochester Red Wings 1997–present | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Rochester Rattlers 2001–2002 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Empire State Yankees 2012 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Toronto Blue Jays taxi squad 2020 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Rochester Red Wings | Not mapped | 1996 to present | Current | Source |
| Rochester Rhinos | Not mapped | 1996 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
16 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3160 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Innovative Field | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Frontier Field | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42458 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42457 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42456 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42455 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42454 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42453 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37692 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37691 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37690 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37689 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 10840 | 13500 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372082113 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | ESL_Ballpark | ESL Ballpark | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: