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NewBridge Bank Park 
Former names First Horizon Park Location 408 Bellemeade Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
United StatesBroke ground January 21, 2004 Opened April 9, 2005 (Greensboro 3, Hickory 2) Owner City of Greensboro Operator Greensboro Grasshoppers Surface Grass Construction cost $21.5 million
($24.2 million in 2011 dollars[1])Architect Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates General Contractor Barton Malow/Samet[2] Capacity 7,499 Field dimensions Left Field: 315 ft (96 m)
Left Field Jog: 322 ft (98 m) (unposted)
Left-Center: 365 ft (111 m)
Center Field: 400 ft (122 m)
Right-Center: 362 ft (110 m)
Right Field Jog: 320 ft (98 m) (unposted)
Right Field: 312 ft (95 m)Tenants Greensboro Grasshoppers (2005-present) NewBridge Bank Park is a minor league baseball park opened in Spring 2005 by the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic League. The park is on the block bounded by Bellemeade, Edgeworth, Smith, and Eugene Streets in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
The team moved here during Winter 2004-2005, leaving their previous home of many decades, World War Memorial Stadium. Lindsay Street, which once cut through the property of the new park, now T's into Eugene, and also provides a direct path to the old stadium.
On May 5, 2009, it was announced that the 2010 ACC Baseball Tournament would be held at NewBridge Bank Park, a change from the previous location of Fenway Park in Boston, due to economic reasons. [3]
References
- Baseball America Directory 2005
- "Ball park's new player" News-Record article 11/9/07 [2]
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ http://www.starrelectric.net/portfolio/institutional/athletic-facilities/first-horizon-park/
- ^ [1]
External links
- Greensboro Grasshoppers official website
- NewBridge Bank Park fan website
- NewBridge Bank Park Views - Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues
Current ballparks in the South Atlantic League Northern Division Appalachian Power Park • Applebee's Park • Arthur W. Perdue Stadium • FirstEnergy Park • NewBridge Bank Park • L. P. Frans Stadium • Municipal StadiumSouthern Division Categories:- South Atlantic League ballparks
- Minor league baseball venues
- Sports venues in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Baseball venues in North Carolina
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