| NewBridge Bank Park | |
|---|---|
| Former names | First Horizon Park |
| Location | 408 Bellemeade Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27401 United States |
| Broke 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 2012 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]
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