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First Horizon Park
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| First Horizon Park Home of the Greensboro Grasshoppers |
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| Facility Statistics | |
| Location | 408 Bellemeade Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27401 |
| Construction Began | January 21, 2004 |
| Opened | April 3, 2005 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Owner | City of Greensboro |
| Construction Cost | approx. $21.5M USD |
| Architect | Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates |
| Tenants | |
| Greensboro, S.A.L. | 2005-present |
| Seating Capacity | |
| 2005 | approx. 8,000 |
| 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) |
First Horizon Park is the name of the minor league baseball park opened in the spring of 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 Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
The team moved here during the winter of 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.
Baseball America Directory 2005