 Looking down the east end zone (first-base) grandstand toward the Bradner Stadium entrance, May-2012. |
 A look from behind the plate in the stadium’s baseball configuration. The grandstand here has been torn down as part of a renovation project. |
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Looking down the east end zone (first-base) grandstand toward the Bradner Stadium entrance, May-2012. |
A look from behind the plate in the stadium’s baseball configuration. The grandstand here has been torn down as part of a renovation project. |
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The baseball field was shoehorned into a traditional football oval along Main Street at the Ischua Creek, which flows into the Allegheny (Pittsburgh’s river) at Olean. The field’s orientation was adjusted when baseball was restored after a hiatus in the 1970s. The current layout has the field facing southwest, alleviating the sun delays, and the fences are at more reasonable distances.
At one point, there was a higher grandstand directly behind the plate; this was torn down by 2012 as part of a much-needed renovation project that allowed the college summer league Olean Oilers to take up residence at the park starting in 2013. A semi-pro football team also uses the field.
St. Bonaventure University is a couple miles west of here, upstream on the Allegheny, and a local community college also calls Olean home. Each has its own ball field.