Chronological Tour: Stop 236

The House of Six Spires

Walking into Larry H. Miller Field, Aug-2002.

The six-spire roof is illuminated during night games for a wonderful effect.

Beyond the fence, the BYU basketball arena in the foreground, the Wasatch Front in the rear.

• Location: Brigham Young University, University Parkway north of Canyon Road, Provo, Utah
• Opened: 2001
• Home team: Provo Angels, Pioneer League (2001-04); Brigham Young Cougars, Mountain West Conference
• Capacity: 2,710

Rating: 3 baseballs

The field, across the street from BYU Stadium, the Cougars’ football home, is also adjacent to Gail Miller Field, a softball field also donated by Miller and named for his wife. The baseball-softball complex neatly fills the space between the football field and the basketball arena.

The baseball stadium consists of Cougar blue stadium seating in a standard configuration. One outstanding feature is the six-spired roof, evoking the Latter-day Saints’ Temple up the road in Salt Lake City. The school is run by the LDS Church, and it was established by and named for the man who led the Mormon migration from Nauvoo, Ill., to Utah in the late 1840s.

Under conditions of the Provo Angels’ lease with BYU, the professional team was unable to play Sunday games or sell alcohol. These provisions caused the Angels to make a deal with Utah Valley State College in nearby Orem, where they played through 2019 as the Orem Owlz.