Home of the Fire

Entrance to Broer Stadium, Jan-2024.

Modest seating along the first-base line.

A nearly-behind-the-catcher view.

• Location: North Crystal Lake Drive at Longfellow Boulevard, Lakeland, Fla. (map it using Google Maps)
• Opened: 2004
• Home team: Southeastern University Fire, The Sun Conference
• Capacity: 300 (approx.)

The field, adjacent to Victory Field, the school’s football stadium, features modest seating. The Fire sit on the third-base side, and a small stand on that side is generally occupied by parents and relatives of SEU players. The stand on the first-base side holds about 200 fans.

While the field dimensions extend out to 400 feet in left center, it is only 315 feet to the left-field foul pole. A 24-foot-high fence helps keep some balls hit in that direction in play, similar to Fenway Park. Another Fenway-like feature is a short right-field pole, at 310 feet, although it bows out to a more respectable 370 feet in the right-field power alley.

The facility is right up against North Crystal Lake Drive; foul balls can and do land in the street and even on roofs of houses across the way.