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BB&T Ballpark 
Location 951 Ballpark Way
Winston-Salem, NC 27101Broke ground October 30, 2007 Opened April 10, 2010 Owner City of Winston-Salem Operator Winston-Salem Dash Surface Grass Construction cost $38 million[1]
($38 million in 2011 dollars[2])Architect 360 Architecture
CJMW ArchitectureGeneral Contractor Samet Construction[1] Capacity 5,500 Tenants Winston-Salem Dash (CarL) (2010-present) BB&T Ballpark[3] is a ballpark in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that replaced Ernie Shore Field. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Winston-Salem Dash minor league baseball team.
The ballpark is bounded by Peters Creek Parkway (northwest/west); 1st Street (north); and Green Street (northeast, left-center field). Business I-40 is toward the south/southeast.
It was originally planned to open for the 2009 season. Various delays pushed it to mid-2009, and then to the 2010 season. Oversights such as the budget, by city planners, were reported to be the cause.
On February 24, 2010, the Dash announced that Winston-Salem based bank BB&T had signed a 15-year naming rights deal for the new ballpark. BB&T also owns the naming rights for fellow Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex venue BB&T Field, home to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team.
The first home game was played on April 13, 2010, against the Potomac Nationals, resulting in a 5-4 loss in 12 innings, before over 7,000 spectators.[4] At the end of its first season, the stadium was named Ballpark of the Year by Baseballparks.com.[5]
This is the second ballpark in the Carolina League sponsored by BB&T. The first was BB&T Coastal Field, home to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
References
- ^ a b SportsBusiness Journal. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2009/04/20090419/Building-For-The-Future/Minor-League-Stadiums.aspx.
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ "Downtown stadium to be BB&T Ballpark". Winston-Salem Dash. web.minorleaguebaseball.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100224&content_id=8128270&vkey=pr_t580&fext=.jsp&sid=t580. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Nats take BB&T Ballpark opener with 5-4 win". minorleaguebaseball.com. 2010-04-14. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100414&content_id=9285344&vkey=news_t580&fext=.jsp&sid=t580. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ "BB&T Ballpark definitely worth the wait". Baseballparks.com. 2010-08-28. http://www.baseballparks.com/WinstonSalem-1.asp. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
External links
- BB&T Ballpark Views - Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues
- Groundbreaking announcement 10-30-2007
- 2009 delay and photo
- 2010 announcement
- Naming rights announcement
Current ballparks in the Carolina League Northern Division Southern Division Bowman Gray Stadium • Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum • LJVM Coliseum Annex • Dixie Classic Fairgrounds (formerly Forsyth County Fairgrounds) • Gene Hooks Field • BB&T Field • BB&T Ballpark • Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (demolished)Coordinates: 36°05′30″N 80°15′21″W / 36.091602°N 80.255962°W
Categories:- Carolina League ballparks
- Minor league baseball venues
- Sports venues in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Baseball venues in North Carolina
- North Carolina sports venue stubs
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