First Horizon Park
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.[7] 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 | |
| Former names | First Tennessee Park (2015–2019) |
|---|---|
| Location | 19 Junior Gilliam Way[1] Nashville, Tennessee United States |
| Coordinates | 36°10′22″N 86°47′05″W / 36.17278°N 86.78472°WCoordinates: 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)[2] 10,000 (plus grass seating)[2] |
| 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)[3] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | January 27, 2014[4] |
| Opened | April 17, 2015[7] |
| Construction cost | $91 million[5] ($91 million in 2020 dollars[6]) |
| Tenants | |
| Nashville Sounds (PCL/IL) 2015–present Nashville SC (USLC) 2018–2019 | |
The ballpark was built for 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]
The home plate entrance
The guitar-shaped scoreboard
The grandstand at night
The ballpark during the day
A diagram of the baseball field
First Horizon Park Media
The early stages of construction
The Sounds being introduced before the inaugural game on April 17, 2015
Exhibition game between the Sounds and Texas Rangers on March 24, 2019
The field configured for soccer
References
- Specific
- ↑ Sounds Woes Continue. Nashville Sounds (July 28, 2015)Minor League Baseball. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fact Sheet – Highlights of First Tennessee Park Construction Tour. Nashville.gov (February 4, 2015)Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ↑ Nashville Sounds Media Guide 2022, p. 2.
- ↑ Mayor, Nashville Sounds Celebrate Groundbreaking for New Ballpark. Nashville.gov (January 27, 2014)Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Audit of the First Tennessee Ballpark Construction Project (April 24, 2017)Metropolitan Nashville Office of Internal Audit. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Reichard, Kevin. First Tennessee Park / Nashville Sounds. Ballpark Digest (April 20, 2015)August Publications. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Nashville Sounds Team History. Nashville SoundsMinor 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. Nashville. http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2017/08/23/nashville-soccer-club-usl-first-tennessee-park-sounds-work/591909001/. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ↑ Boclair, David (May 16, 2019). Nashville SC Moves Two Matches to Nissan Stadium. https://www.nashvillepost.com/sports/nashville-sc/blog/21069050/nashville-sc-moves-two-matches-to-nissan-stadium. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- General
- Seely, Chad. 2022 Nashville Sounds Media Guide (2022).
Other websites
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- Nashville Sounds: First Horizon Park