["A Lighted Baseball Field." Anoka Union 09 Dec. 1949: Print.]
A group of Anoka businessmen formed the Anoka Recreation Inc. with the intention of building a lighted baseball field. There was a lighted softball field on State and Douglas and a baseball field but the neighborhood was opposed to lights on that field. The Legion had acquired land from the city to build a clubroom and the city put restrictions on this property that the land could never be sold; they later bought the Jacobson farm.
There was agreement between the city of Anoka, Anoka Recreation and the Legion to use a portion of the Legion's land for the lighted baseball field. The Legion wanted the agreement to read that if the land ceased to be a ball park, the land would revert back to the Legion, and the city would not agree. When the Legion agreed to give the land for the ball park, the city lifted the restriction concerning future sale of the West Main St. property.
