Venue Detail
Greenville Drive
RSV Pro Facilities Report
March, 2013
Greenville Drive
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PO Box 76 Greenville, SC 29602 Phone: 864-422-1510 Fax: 864-422-1435 URL: www.greenvilledrive.com Owner: Rich Mozingo, Craig Brown League: South Atlantic League, Southern
Venue
Fluor Field at the West End, , Greenville, SC Owner: City of Greenville Built: 2006 Capacity: 5,700 Permanent concession stands: 3 Soft drink:
Naming rights
Sold to: Fluor Corporation Term: 10 years Expires: 2018
Ticket prices
Season tickets range from $535 to $535 Single tickets range from $7.00 to $10.00
Attendance
2010 average attendance: 4,969 2011 average attendance: 4,747 2012 average attendance: 5,104
Suites
Quantity: 18 Term: 3 to 7 years Price: $20,000 to $27,000 Seats: 18 to 18
Financing
The team funded the ballpark, but the city spent nearly $8 million on land and infrastructure work.
The team moved to Greenville in 2006 from Columbia, S.C., and officials expect to see their previous average attendance of 1,600 per game increase with the new $15 million venue. The design is intended to be reminiscent of Boston's Fenway Park.
Fluor Field at the West End boasts its own “Green Monster,” a 30-foot high wall in left field, equipped with a manual scoreboard. The dimensions all around the outfield wall are to the same specifications as Fenway Park, including a pole in right field.
Like Fenway, the ballpark sits on a former lumberyard, and could eventually incorporate the West End firehouse. The design called for the structure to be as low as possible along the sidewalk, in some places like a one-story building.
There are nearly 5,000 seats in the stadium, some have seat backs and arms, others are concrete benches with backs and still others are metal bleachers without seat backs.
The ballpark has 17 luxury suites, each holding about 18 people, with an additional owner suite and a press box facility. The dominant material will be brick, and the canopy roof will be a dark green. (Baseball, Facilities, Financial, Professional Sports)