The field also contains an internal drainage system to help avoid rain outs.

There were many "rain outs" and there were only a handful of full nights completed.

Ironically, rain outs were one of the reasons the domed Olympic Stadium was an attraction for the club, although the roof would not be installed for a couple of seasons.

In 1977 the Congressional Baseball Game was forced to play the annual game on Langley High School's baseball field due to two previous rain outs on Memorial Stadium.

After sweeping the Rhode Island Reds in a best-of-three series that saw two rain outs, the Giants went on to defeat the Torrington Twisters, a first-year expansion team, for the 1997 NECBL Championship, the Fay Vincent Cup.

(Reuters) DOWNHILL QUALIFYING RAINED OUT: Qualifying for the fifth men's World Cup downhill of the season was rained out yesterday in Bormio, Italy, but today's race remained on schedule.