mTrade Park

from Inside Oxford 2021-2022

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For the past 12 years, mTrade Park, Oxford’s sports-field complex, has given local youth athletes as well as those around the state a place to enjoy the spirit of competition.

The park was renamed to mTrade Park in 2020 after mTrade formally purchased the naming rights. For the 10 years prior, it was called FNC Park.

The end result of years of political wrangling and pleas from parents, the 75-acre complex features fiveregulation-size soccer fields with lights, 10 baseball fields — four of which have synthetic turf — four 315-foot softball fields with lights, 24 shade structures covering the bleachers on each baseball and softball field, a bike path and space to park more than 950 cars.

In 2014, the Oxford Ortho indoor practice facility with six retractable batting cages and synthetic turf was built. Donations of $150,000 each from the City and Lafayette County as well as Oxford Orthopedics were made to help fund construction of the facility, which also has an observation deck and concession stand.

The park opened in the spring of 2009, with families filling the park on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Weekends normally draw traveling teams from all over the country for tournaments. The indoor facility is open Monday-Thursday from 4-9 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sunday from 1-6 p.m. mTrade Park is operated through the Oxford Park Commission and is being paid for through a partnership between the City and Lafayette County governments, along with local sponsors. The park is located at 328 Old Sardis Road.

For more information about the park and current schedules, log onto www.fncpark.com or call 662236-1012.