First Horizon Park
baseball stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, USA
First Horizon Park is a baseball park in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It is the home stadium of the Nashville Sounds, who are a Minor League Baseball team. It opened on April 17, 2015, and has room for up to 10,000 people.[3] It was named First Tennessee Park from 2015 to 2019.[8] Before playing there, the Sounds played at a stadium called Herschel Greer Stadium from 1978 to 2014.[8]
 First Horizon Park at dusk | |
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| Former names | First Tennessee Park (2015–2019) |
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| Location | 19 Junior Gilliam Way[1] Nashville, Tennessee United States |
| Coordinates | 36°10′22″N 86°47′05″W / 36.17278°N 86.78472°W |
| Owner | Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County |
| Operator | Nashville Sounds Baseball Club |
| Capacity | 8,500 (fixed seating)[6] 10,000 (plus berm seating)[6] |
| Field size | Left field: 330 ft (100 m) Left-center field: 386 ft (118 m) Center field: 403 ft (123 m) Right-center field: 388 ft (118 m) Right field: 310 ft (94 m)[7] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Started | January 27, 2014[2] |
| Opened | April 17, 2015[3] |
| Construction cost | $91 million[4] ($104 million in 2021 dollars[5]) |
| Tenants | |
| Nashville Sounds (PCL/AAAE/IL) 2015–present Nashville SC (USLC) 2018–2019 | |
The ballpark was built for the the Nashville Sounds, but other sports teams have also played at the stadium. Nashville SC, a soccer team of the USL Championship, played its games there from 2018 to 2019.[9][10]
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The home plate entrance -
The guitar-shaped scoreboard -
The seating area at night -
The ballpark during the day -
A diagram of the baseball field
References
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- ↑ "Sounds Woes Continue". Nashville Sounds. Minor League Baseball. July 28, 2015. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Mayor, Nashville Sounds Celebrate Groundbreaking for New Ballpark". Nashville.gov. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. January 27, 2014. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reichard, Kevin (April 20, 2015). "First Tennessee Park / Nashville Sounds". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Audit of the First Tennessee Ballpark Construction Project" (PDF). Metropolitan Nashville Office of Internal Audit. April 24, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Fact Sheet – Highlights of First Tennessee Park Construction Tour". Nashville.gov. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. February 4, 2015. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ↑ Nashville Sounds Media Guide 2022, p. 2.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Nashville Sounds Team History". Nashville Sounds. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ↑ Garrison, Joey (August 23, 2017). "Renderings Show How Pro Soccer Will Work at the Nashville Sounds' First Tennessee Park". The Tennessean. Nashville. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ↑ Boclair, David (May 16, 2019). "Nashville SC Moves Two Matches to Nissan Stadium". Nashville Post. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- General
- Seely, Chad; Perry, Collin; Scopel, Doug (2022). 2022 Nashville Sounds Media Guide (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2022 – via Minor League Baseball.
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