Hitting facility for BYU baseball, softball on schedule
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- An artist’s rendering of the new baseball and softball hitting cage facility to be built at Miller Park.
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- An artist’s rendering of the new baseball and softball hitting cage at Miller Park, which also includes a VIP hosting area.
Construction of the new BYU hitting facility at Miller Park for the baseball and softball programs is on schedule and should be completed by the end of the summer for fall workouts.
The new 6,000-square foot indoor training facility is located down the third base line at Larry H. Miller Field between the stands and the baseball bullpen. The facility includes four batting/pitching cages with field turf, providing six total indoor cages for the two programs.
In addition, the construction project also includes a new baseball VIP hosting area above the hitting facility with approximately 200 field level seats just east of the BYU dugout.
“The new facility is a major commitment to the future success of our baseball and softball programs,” said BYU director of athletics Brian Santiago. “It’s one of many ways we are investing resources to further develop our student-athletes and compete for Big 12 championships.”
The Miller Park hitting facility was funded through the generosity of private donations. The new facility was designed by CORE Architecture of Pleasant Grove with the project construction by Big D Construction of Salt Lake City.
In addition to the new indoor facility, BYU also recently installed a new state-of-the-art lighting system at Miller Park to enhance the quality of the ESPN+ broadcasts as well as the night’game experience for fans at the ballpark.
Miller Park has been home to BYU baseball and softball since it opened in 2001. Designed as an innovative and unique baseball-softball back-to-back complex, baseball plays on Larry H. Miller Field facing the east, while softball plays on Gail Miller Field facing west. The Miller family, owners of the Larry H. Miller Company with its diversified portfolio of businesses and investments, were the major donor of the original facility.
Located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, Miller Park’s unique blend of engineering ingenuity and scenic beauty are regularly featured in a variety of publications and social media platforms as one of the best settings in collegiate baseball and softball.
