Hawaii baseball’s new turf at Les Murakami Stadium likely delayed beyond 2024 season

Hawaii will ring in the 2024 baseball season with signature power conference opponents in Ole Miss and NC State, but it won’t exactly be rolling out the proverbial orange and green carpet for them.

The Rainbow Warriors’ lengthy wait for a new turf field at Les Murakami Stadium is expected to extend through the 2024 season. UH, which announced its full 2024 schedule on Thursday, will likely have its new surface in place by 2025, UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos told Spectrum News.

What You Need To Know

- The Hawaii baseball team announced its 53-game 2024 schedule on Thursday with 36 games at Les Murakami Stadium, including the season opener Feb. 16 against Ole Miss

- NC State, Holy Cross, Rice, San Diego State and Santa Clara are UH’s other Division I nonconference opponents, and Rich Hill’s Rainbow Warriors will also face all three local Division II teams – Hawaii Pacific, Chaminade and Hawaii Hilo – once each at the Les

- UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos told Spectrum News that the long-awaited replacement to the stadium’s aging artificial turf will likely not be made until after the 2024 season

The DomoTurf was installed in 2008 and is showing its age

“The money was transferred now,” Angelos said in a message. “We are working with our university personnel to get the design team, etc. going. But (I) can’t see how the turf will be able to get installed before the season starts, so I anticipate it being completed in the summer.”

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