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Olsen Field is a baseball stadium in College Station, Texas, that is home to the Texas A&M baseball program. The stadium was dedicated on March 21, 1978, and is named in honor of Pat Olsen, a 1923 graduate of Texas A&M University and a former baseball player in the New York Yankees farm system. Olsen Field has served as an NCAA regional site five times and had its 1999 regional attendance ranked second with 53,287. The first NCAA Regional Tournament held at Olsen Field was in 1989.

In 2004 Sports Illustrated on Campus ranked Olsen Field "the best college baseball venue". Aggie baseball fans called RAggies, have a reputation of fiercely "ragging" opponents.

Olsen Field, with a name change to Blue Bell Park at Olsen Field (following a $7 million donation from Blue Bell Creameries), is currently undergoing a major renovation that began on June 7, 2011. Some new features of the stadium include an expanded concourse and concessions area, luxury suites, a new press box, club seating, two grass berms, expanded locker rooms and coaches offices, a student athletic center, and extended seating closer to the field. However, the seating capacity will be decreased from 7,000 to 5,400 to accommodate the changes (although with standing room only will still hold over 7,000). The project is estimated to cost $24 million. Blue Bell Park at Olsen Field is scheduled to open in late February 2012.

In 2011, the Aggies ranked 11th in Division I college baseball in attendance, averaging 3,994 per home game.