Brown–Stroud Field is a baseball venue in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States. It is home to the Northwestern State Demons baseball team of the NCAA Division I Southland Conference. Opened on April 1, 1939, the venue has a capacity of 1,200 spectators. It is named after the first two coaches of the Northwestern State baseball program: C. C. Stroud, who coached from 1912 to 1930, and H. Alvin Brown, who coached from 1949 to 1966. Recently added features include chairback seating, an awning that partially covers seating areas, a turf infield, landscaping, and a sound system. The venue's bleacher seating and dugouts have recently been renovated. Ahead of the 2025 season, the infield turf and the outfield natural grass were replaced with no-infill artificial turf. The outfield wall was also replaced with a padded wall. During the 2025 season, a new LED video board was installed in right-field.
Attendance The following is a list of the top 10 single-game attendance figures, as of the end of the 2014 season. Rank Attendance Date Opponent 1. 4,214 April 18, 2001 LSU 2. 2,329 April 9, 2003 LSU 3. 2,136 March 6, 2014 LSU 4. 1,835 April 9, 1991 LSU 5. 1,374 April 8, 2003 Alabama 6. 1,263 May 15, 1994 McNeese State 7. 1,173 May 25, 2005 Southeastern Louisiana 8. 1,112 February 26, 1992 Louisiana–Lafayette 9. 867 February 18, 2011 Brigham Young University 10. 853 May 18, 1994 McNeese State
See also List of NCAA Division I baseball venues
References
External links "Sign of Progress at Brown–Stroud Field" by Doug Ireland, August 19, 2007