Parry Field in
Belmont,
Perth,
Western Australia was the site of
Baseball WA's first purpose-built
baseball stadium, named for
Kevin Parry, a local businessman and enthusiast whose fortunes failed soon after the opening. The stadium featured
television-standard lighting, seating for about 2,200 people and standing room for 3,000 more. The stadium was sold off by Belmont City Council as part of the WA Building Better Cities Program. Councillors were influenced by complaints from local residents about fireworks, loud music and other pre-match festivities. On the other hand, baseball being far from a mainstream sport in Australia, its managers had been unable to recoup the stadium's high maintenance costs on a year-round basis.