Lake Elsinore Diamond
Lake Elsinore Diamond, also referred to as Storm Stadium, is a ballpark in Lake Elsinore, California. It is the home of the Lake Elsinore Storm, a Minor League Baseball team in the California League. The field at the stadium is named Pete Lehr Field.
History
It was built in 1994 and has a capacity of over 8,000 people with 6,066 permanent seats. That capacity was later reduced to 4,835 during renovations undertaken after the 2017 season which exchanged seating for an expansion of the left field deck area. The original $8 million construction estimate in 1992, however, ballooned to more than $22 million by the time of its completion.Other uses
The company that currently manages the site is Storm Entertainment, a newly developed entity of Storm Baseball. When baseball is not in season, the field is used for a number of other purposes including concerts, boxing matches, and local high school graduations, all of which can utilize temporary seating to increase the capacity to 14,000.This stadium also has a yearly event for Halloween, the "Field of Screams".
In December 2017, the park hosted the Stadium Super Trucks racing series' World Championship Finals. To create the course, approximately 150,000 square feet of dirt was brought in. The series returned to the Diamond for its 2018 season opener, while the 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.