North Carolina's downtown ballparks

[cityboi 427]

Three of North Carolina's largest cities have downtown ballparks. Durham was the first with the construction of Durham Bulls Athletic Park in the 1990s. In 2005 NewBridge Bank Park (use to be First Horizon Park) opened in downtown Greensboro. And today BB&T Ballpark opens for its first game in downtown Winston-Salem

Durham Bulls Athletic Park opened 1995 - seating capacity 10,000 (Durham Bulls AAA)

NewBridge Bank Park opened 2005 - seating capacity 7,499 (Greensboro Grasshoppers Single A)

BB&T Ballpark opened 2010 - seating capacity 5,500 (Winston-Salem Dash Single A)

(photo courtesy of cosmophotography)

Charlotte 2012??????

[kermit 3486]

Nice photos, thanks!

FWIW: Both Kinston and Asheville have ballparks close to downtown, both neither is as central as in Durham and Gboro.

I would not bet on Charlotte's downtown park in 2012. They just extended their lease in Ft. Mill:

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/04/12/story2.html?b=1271044800^3161411

[cityboi 427]

Nice photos, thanks!

FWIW: Both Kinston and Asheville have ballparks close to downtown, both neither is as central as in Durham and Gboro.

I would not bet on Charlotte's downtown park in 2012. They just extended their lease in Ft. Mill:

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/04/12/story2.html?b=1271044800^3161411

[eastsider 381]

Not sure why it wasn't built uptown in the first place.

[twincity 5]

There is a difference. New Bridge Bank Park only has 5200 chair-back seats but a capacity of 7,499. BB&T Ballpark has 5,500 chair-back seats.

[cityboi 427]

There is a difference. New Bridge Bank Park only has 5200 chair-back seats but a capacity of 7,499. BB&T Ballpark has 5,500 chair-back seats.

[twincity 5]

That information is wrong. The only trusted source is from the official Greensboro Grasshopper website. I was off by 100.

...The stadium's seating capacity currently stands at 7,499 which includes 5,300 chair back seats, 16 luxury suites and 2 grass berms and picnic areas...

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/team1/page.jsp?ymd=20100316&content_id=8814272&vkey=team1_t477&fext=.jsp&sid=t477

[twincity 5]

Both Stadiums have much higher seating capacities of over 7,000. In your initial post you counted actual fixed seats for one, but counted seating capacity for the other.

[cityboi 427]

Both Stadiums have much higher seating capacities of over 7,000. In your initial post you counted actual fixed seats for one, but counted seating capacity for the other.

[eastsider 381]

The official attendance for the dash home opener was 7,111.