Jim Rice Field at Ramsey Park

Roxbury, MA

A community-driven recreation project with big-league heart, Jim Rice Field at Ramsey Park brings a Fenway Park–inspired ballfield to Roxbury. Delivered through Major League Baseball’s RBI Program (Reviving Baseball in the Inner City), the project transformed an underutilized urban space into a vibrant, youth-focused athletic venue—completed on a remarkably fast-track schedule to coincide with the 1999 MLB All-Star Game.

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Building a Big-League Experience for Local Youth
Samiotes Consultants donated all civil engineering services for this flagship community project. Key efforts included:

• Full civil site design for a Fenway Park replica field, tailored to a compact urban site

• Accelerated design and construction coordination, delivering the project in just 2.5 months

• Collaboration with HOK Architects, the City of Boston, MLB, the Boston Red Sox, and the South-End Baseball Program to support RBI’s mission

• Permitting coordination and approvals with Boston Water and Sewer Commission

• Led and coordinated Dunkin’ Donuts sponsored scoreboard donation.

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The result is a beloved neighborhood asset—rooted in baseball tradition and built to expand access, opportunity, and community pride for Boston youth.