Mulcahy Stadium
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The Mulcahy Stadium is a 5,300-seat baseball park in Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Built in 1953, it is home to two teams of the Alaska Baseball League: the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and Anchorage Bucs. The stadium is named after former Alaska Railroad station auditor assistant William Mulcahy. It is the highest capacity of an outdoor stadium in Alaska.
There have been talks of demolishing the stadium in favor of a new, modern park, with the hopes of attracting an affiliated team, but no advances have been made.
On July 31, 2003, a Cessna 207 Skywagon plane carrying four passengers made an emergency crash landing, rolling just behind the left field fence as a game between the Bucs and Goldpanners was on at Mulcahy, and a soccer game was being played at the field behind it (Anchorage Football Stadium). Players and spectators rushed to the wreckage to help. All four aboard the plane walked away with minor injuries. The game was being televised, and cameras captured the umpire halting play as the plane soared and crashed over the field.
The field received a new scoreboard and other refurbishings for the 2007 season. In 2008, the Home Brew Alley, a multi-tiered beer garden, was installed on the first base line.
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Mulcahy Stadium, located on 16th Avenue and Cordova Street was built in 1964.
