Venue Detail
Greensboro Grasshoppers
RSV Pro Facilities Report
March, 2014
Greensboro Grasshoppers
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510 Yanceyville St Greensboro, NC 27405 Phone: 336-333-2287 Fax: 336-273-7350 URL: www.gsohoppers.com Owner: American Baseball Cap-tac Inc. League: South Atlantic League, Northern
Venue
NewBridge Bank Park, 510 Yanceyville St, Greensboro, NC 27405 Owner: City of Greensboro Managed by: Team Built: 2005 Capacity: 6,200 Permanent concession stands: 7 Concessionaire: Centerplate Soft drink: Cherwins Beer: Multiple
Naming Rights
Sold to: First Horizon National Price: $3,000,000 Term: 10 years Expires: 2021
Ticket Prices
Season tickets range from $490 to $560 Single tickets range from $6.00 to $9.00
Attendance
2011 average attendance: 5,545 2012 average attendance: 5,479 2013 average attendance: 5,489
Suites
Quantity: 14 Term: 3 to 7 years Price: $17,000 to $30,000 Seats: 20 to 36
Financing
The new $20 million ballpark was built and owned by a consortium of local foundations and business interests. The county gave the land for the 6,200-seat venue and $4.5 million. It got 10 acres in return where it plans to build a new social services building.
Greensboro has a new downtown ballpark. A challenge to the plan raised by preservationists in 2003 was rejected by voters with nearly 59 percent supporting the new venue.
Voters twice before rejected funding plans to renovate the city's 77-year-old ballpark. Preservationists wanted the Single-A Bats to remain in a renovated War Memorial Stadium. The city wanted the new ballpark as part of a downtown redevelopment program. The Single-A team said it needed a new venue for the revenue it would generate.
Naming rights were originally sold to First Horizon, but those were later acquired by NewBridge Bank under similar terms. (Baseball, Facilities, Financial, Minor League, Professional Sports, Venue)