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Full name | Herschel Greer Stadium |
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Location | 534 Chestnut Street Nashville, Tennessee United States |
Coordinates | 36°8′36″N 86°46′25″W / 36.14333°N 86.77361°W |
Owner | Nashville Metro Government |
Capacity | 10,300 (fixed seating)[3] 15,000 (plus standing room) |
Record attendance | 22,315 (August 18, 1982; Nashville Sounds vs. Columbus Astros)[4] |
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)[5] |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Started | August 26, 1977[1] |
Opened | April 26, 1978 |
Closed | August 27, 2014 |
Demolished | 2019 |
Construction cost | $1.5 million ($6.23 million in 2021 dollars[2]) |
Tenants | |
Nashville Sounds (SL/AA/PCL) 1978–2014 Belmont Bruins (NAIA/NCAA) 1979–2010 Nashville Xpress (SL) 1993–1994 |
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]
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]