Hammons Field, a 7,986 seat ballpark in downtown Springfield, Missouri, opened in April 2004, and is home to the Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A Texas League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, and to the Missouri State University Bears. The facility, funded entirely by local businessman, hotel mogul and benefactor John Q. Hammons, is located in the center piece of the midtown development project, Jordan Valley Park, on the NE corner of Sherman Avenue (John Q. Hammons Parkway) and Trafficway Boulevard.