Herschel Greer Stadium
Herschel Greer Stadium was a baseball park in Nashville, Tennessee.[6] It was the home stadium of the Nashville Sounds, who are a Minor League Baseball team. It opened on April 26, 1978.[6] The Sounds played there for 37 years. Their last game was on August 27, 2014.[6] In 2015, the Sounds began to play at a new stadium called First Horizon Park.[6] Greer Stadium was demolished to become part of a park in 2019.[7]
 A view of the stadium from the right field seats | |
| Full name | Herschel Greer Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | 534 Chestnut Street Nashville, Tennessee United States |
| Coordinates | 36°8′36″N 86°46′25″W / 36.14333°N 86.77361°WCoordinates: 36°8′36″N 86°46′25″W / 36.14333°N 86.77361°W |
| Owner | Nashville Metro Government |
| Capacity | 10,300 (fixed seating)[1] 15,000 (plus standing room) |
| Record attendance | 22,315 (August 18, 1982; Nashville Sounds vs. Columbus Astros)[2] |
| Field size | Left field: 327 ft (100 m) Left-center field: 375 ft (114 m) Center field: 400 ft (120 m) Right-center field: 375 ft (114 m) Right field: 327 ft (100 m)[3] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 26, 1977[4] |
| Opened | April 26, 1978 |
| Closed | August 27, 2014 |
| Demolished | 2019 |
| Construction cost | $1.5 million ($4.9 million in 2020 dollars[5]) |
| Tenants | |
| Nashville Sounds (SL/AA/PCL) 1978–2014 Belmont Bruins (NAIA/NCAA) 1979–2010 Nashville Xpress (SL) 1993–1994 | |
The ballpark was built for the the Nashville Sounds, but other sports teams have also played at the stadium. Another baseball team, the Nashville Xpress, played there in 1993 and 1994 at the same time as the Sounds.[8] The stadium was famous for having a scoreboard shaped like a guitar.[9]
The stadium being built
The guitar-shaped scoreboard
A game being played at night
The ballpark during the day
A diagram of the baseball field
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Herschel Greer Stadium Media
High attendance in the inaugural 1978 season led to expansion in the ensuing years.
A new press box, restaurant, and sky boxes were built in 1984.
Greer's guitar scoreboard, in its original color scheme, was installed in 1993.
The first base concourse viewed from outside the park
The grounds crew preparing the infield before a game in Greer's final season
Sounds outfielder Duane Walker was selected as the MVP of the 1979 Southern League All-Star Game at Greer.
References
Specific
- ↑ "2014 Nashville Sounds Media Guide" (PDF). Nashville Sounds. Minor League Baseball. 2014. p. 196. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ Traughber 2017, p. 182.
- ↑ "Ground Rules". Nashville Sounds. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ↑ Coons, Ron (June 4, 1978). "Nashville, A Lesson for Louisville?". The Courier-Journal (Louisville): C1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31060072/nashville_a_lesson_for_louisville/.
- ↑ "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Nashville Sounds Team History". Nashville Sounds. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ↑ Lombard, Cherish (April 1, 2019). "Greer Stadium Demolition Could Take up to 6 Months, Officials Say". WRKN. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ↑ Weiss, Bill; Wright, Marshall (2001). "Historians Weiss, Wright Rank 100 Best Minor League Baseball Teams". Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2009.
- ↑ Straughn, Katie (June 20, 2014). 7 Facts About Greer Stadium's Original Guitar Scoreboard. Nashville. http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/06/20/facts-about-greer-stadiums-guitar-scoreboard/11084843/. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
General
- Traughber, Bill (2017). Nashville Baseball History: From Sulphur Dell to the Sounds. South Orange, New Jersey: Summer Games Books. ISBN 978-1-938545-83-2.
Other websites
Media related to Herschel Greer Stadium at Wikimedia Commons