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Blair Field, located in Recreation Park is one of the few semi-professional baseball facilities in California. It was constructed in 1958 and over the years has fostered local amateur baseball and hosted Moore League High School Football teams, and American Legion and Connie Mack seasons. The Chicago Cubs baseball team, the Los Angeles Rams football team and Olympic teams have used the site for practice. It is a popular location for the filming of commercials, television programs and movies. It is the home of the California State University at Long Beach 49er baseball team the "Dirtbags", and the Long Beach Armada professional baseball team. Recently, $1.475 million was spent to renovate the 3,238-seat facility. New spectator seating, field lights, a playing field with state-of-the-art drainage system, and turf which exceeds professional baseball standards were installed.


The City acquired Recreation Park in March 1923 and built a baseball field with a grandstand seating for 1,000. Opening day was March 14, 1924, with a game between the Pacific Coast League, Los Angeles Angels and Chicago Cubs, both owned by William Wrigley and was a front-page story in the Long Beach Press, by Frank T. Blair.

The Salt Lake City Bees, the first minor club to train at Recreation Park, set up camp in the fall of 1925. In 1926, Seattle of the Pacific Coast League, trained here and Denver of the Western League moved in for training in 1927. Bob Feller and Satchel Paige brought their barnstorming teams to play in the 1930s and Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics played an exhibition game at Recreation Park in 1940.

Local Long Beach ball players who made it to the major leagues during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s included: Jack Rothrock (a member of the Shell Oilers in 1926), Jack Salveson, Walt Carson, Frank Gabler, Bob Sturgeon, Vern Stephens, Bob Lemon, Chuck Stevens, Jack Graham, and Eddie Bockman.

4worldlovers: The Long Beach State women's soccer team enters its 22nd year of playing all home games at George Allen Field.

Located on the northeast corner of the LBSU campus, George Allen Field was dedicated in August of 1991 after legendary NFL football coach George Allen led the 1990 49er football team to its first winning season in four years, a 6-5 overall record and an undefeated 6-0 home record.

Allen coached the Los Angeles Rams from 1966-1970 and the Washington Redskins from 1971-1977, including an appearance in Super Bowl VII. He also coached the Chicago Blitz and the Arizona Wranglers of the United States Football League. A masterful motivational speaker, Allen never had a losing season in 14 years of coaching professional football.

Numerous improvements have been made since women's soccer has called George Allen Field home since its inaugural season in 1998.

In 2011, seven new Musco light towers were installed at George Allen Field that reach a height of 85-feet enabling the Beach to host night games for the first time in program history. LBSU defeated visiting University of Arizona, 2-1 in a thrilling overtime win in the first official night game for the Beach at George Allen Field. Also, a new Daktronics scoreboard was installed at the northeast corner of the field, thanks in part to a generous donation made by Patricia Fujimoto in honor of her late husband and longtime LBSU supporter Al Fujimoto.

In 2015, the Beach drew a record crowd of 2,232 spectators versus Pac-12 Conference power UCLA, as Long Beach State defeated the No. 4 Bruins, 1-0, in the season-opener for both teams, breaking the previous mark of 1,304 against Big West Conference rival UC Irvine in 2012. Four years later, on Aug. 25, 2019, the Beach set a new attendance record with a crowd of 2,303 as Long Beach State hosted No. 4 UCLA for its season opener.

The following items are prohibited from George Allen Field - Food/Drinks, Bicycles/Skateboards/Rollerblades, Video Cameras/Flash Photography, Animals, Whistles, Airhorns, Drugs, Alcohol, Weapons, and Heaters. As of 2016, Long Beach State is a smoke-free university. In 2018, the athletic department implemented a new clear bag policy that is enforced at all of its venues.

Long Beach State Record at George Allen: 114-55-26 (following 2018 season)