- City of Lansing is the owner of the stadium.
- General Motors paid $1.5 million for naming rights and called it Oldsmobile Park.
- Ground is broken on April 3, 1995. Participants include Governor John Engler, Mayor David Hollister, Lugnuts Owner Tom Dickson, MSU President Peter McPherson and Councilman Rick Lilly.
- Financing the stadium construction came from six local institutions: Capital National Bank, City Bank, Community First Bank, Dart National Bank, First of America Bank and Michigan National Bank.
- The original budget for the stadium was $10 million.
- Oldsmobile Park was designed by HNTB Corporation and the General Contractor was Clark Construction.
- Some of the amazing numbers involved in the construction of Oldsmobile Park include:
- 150,000 cubic yards of dirt was removed.
- 60,000 man hours from Local Unions were utilized.
- 17,500 square yards of sod was installed.
- 6,500 cubic yards of concrete was poured.
- 70,000 utility bricks and 65,000 blocks were put up.
- Over 6,000 seats were installed in the bowl surrounding the infield.
- 400 tons of steel was erected.
- 568 pieces of glass were installed.
- 2,700 gallons of paint were spread.
- There are 26 suites that make up the upper deck.
- Exactly one year after its ground breaking, Oldsmobile Park opened on April 3, 1996 with Michigan State University and University of Michigan.
- April 5, 1996 – Lansing Lugnuts play their first home game at Oldsmobile Park against Rockford.
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