Great minor league ballparks

[cityboi]

more of my photos of First Horizon Park in Greensboro

"Casey at the Bat" performance

here is some video footage of the Marlins game at First Horizon Park that I took

http://www.downtownstadium.org/100_0429.MOV

http://www.downtownstadium.org/100_0449.MOV

http://www.downtownstadium.org/100_0446.MOV

http://www.downtownstadium.org/100_0458.MOV

[facilities man]

Beautiful park. What an asset for the city.

[Go Gators]

I dont know if anyone has mentioned this site or not, but this guy has a lot of pictures and info. on minor league ballparks, its worth a visit.

http://www.ballparkreviews.com/minparks.php

[dgreco]

First Horizon is an amazing park, probably from those pictures one of the best I have ever seen.

[DigitalSky]

The skyline from First Horizon really looks nice!

[dgreco]

so it looks like First Horizon gets the award, to be honest its hands down.

[Southron]

Riverwalk Stadium - Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium, home of the Class AA Montgomery Biscuits, is a new downtown ballpark built as an adaptive reuse of a historic train depot (ca. 1898). The city's new Riverwalk, currently under construction along the Alabama River, is adjacent to the ballpark.

Great review here: http://www.baseballparks.com/Montgomery.asp

These pictures were taken during a spring 2007 practice:

Freight trains roll past the park, sometimes two or three per game.

Prior to being a train depot, the site was the home of a Confederate military prison:

[dgreco]

^seems like a nice little park, I wish more minor league parks had some unique sparks about them.

[Aporkalypse]

The brand new Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock, AR (Arkansas Travelers, Angels AA affiliate)...

[dgreco]

looks like a great park with a lot of great views... what wa the cost?

[Southron]

Great ballpark, Aporkalypse. Right on the river and within walking distance or a streetcar ride of downtown Little Rock. I love it!

[Aporkalypse]

looks like a great park with a lot of great views... what wa the cost?

[dgreco]

$40 million. The city of North Little Rock passes a one year half-cent sales tax, private donations covered $10 million.

[ohioaninSC]

Canal Park in Akron, OH is another nice minor league park. I'll post some pix of it when I get home tonight.

[dgreco]

^it is a pretty nice park, I have seen the Aeros play there... please post some photos.

[Goothrey]

Dell Diamond: Home of the Round Rock Express(just north of Austin) and Houston Astros Triple-A development team.

[eastsider]

Of the ones I've been to, my favorites are:

AAA: AutoZone Park - Memphis, TN

AA: Dr Pepper Ballpark - Frisco, TX

A: First Horizon Park - Greensboro, NC

[dgreco]

^^ like the grasslawn outfield, probably a nice place to hang and watch the game.

[ohioaninSC]

Here's Canal Park in Akron, OH, home of the Double A Akron Aeros, affiliat of the Cleveland Indians.

[dgreco]

Here's Canal Park in Akron, OH, home of the Double A Akron Aeros, affiliat of the Cleveland Indians.

[dgreco]

Home of the longest game in the history of baseball. The PawSox and McCoy Stadium

[richyb83]

Nice pics yall! Thanks for posting them. So many great minor-league parks to chose from. I am impressed.

[dgreco]

Nice pics yall! Thanks for posting them. So many great minor-league parks to chose from. I am impressed.

[TONYCLT]

I think if Charlotte can get the Knights out of Rock Hill and back to Uptown like they have planned and build the proposed stadium would be a great addition to minor league baseball.

[facilities man]

Anymore pictures???