Lubrano Park Set for Field Replacement and Lighting Upgrades

Penn State baseball and the State College Spikes will play under even brighter lights soon as Medlar Field at Lubrano Park is slated to undergo both field and lighting upgrades this coming fall Penn State’s Office of The Physical Plant confirmed to StateCollege.com.

According to OPP documents, following the conclusion of the State College Spikes’ season, the venue will replace existing sports lighting with new LED sports lighting as part of a long-term maintenance program. The project will also include replacing the existing natural grass playing field with a new natural grass playing field, relocating the left field wall and wall padding, replace the batters eye, as well as home team dugout renovations. These projects will be wrapped up before Penn State baseball takes the field next spring.

Medlar Field at Lubrano Park was completed in 2006 and has housed both Penn State baseball and the State College Spikes, a former member of the now defunct New York Penn League as affiliates of the Pittsburgh Pirates and eventually the St Louis Cardinals. The Spikes are now part of the MLB’s Draft League, a result of major league baseball’s reconfiguration of its farm system.

Penn State did not provide a potential cost for the project which went out to bid to contractors at the beginning of May. Penn State baseball is currently in the final stages of its 2023 season posting a 24-22 record and a 6-14 mark in conference play. The Nittany Lions are set to face Pittsburgh at PNC Park on Tuesday with a three-game stand against Maryland set to follow back in State College this weekend. The Spikes will open their season on June 1.