BB&T Ballpark (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
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| Location | 951 Ballpark Way Winston-Salem, NC 27101 |
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| Owner | City of Winston-Salem |
| Operator | Winston-Salem Dash LLC |
| Capacity | 8,500 |
| Field size | Left Field: 315 feet Center Field: 399 feet Right Field: 323 feet[1] |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | October 30, 2007 |
| Opened | April 10, 2010 |
| Construction cost | $48.7 million[2] ($52.8 million in 2024 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | 360 Architecture CJMW Architecture |
| Structural engineer | City Structures D&P, Inc.[4] |
| General contractor | Samet Construction[2] |
| Tenants | |
| Winston-Salem Dash (CL) (2010–present) | |
BB&T Ballpark[5] 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.
History
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.[6]
The first home game was played on April 13, 2010, against the Potomac Nationals, resulting in a 5-4 loss in 12 innings, before 7,111 spectators.[7] At the end of its first season, the stadium was named Ballpark of the Year by Baseballparks.com.[8]
Naming Rights
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.[9]
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. BB&T also sponsors the uptown stadium for the Charlotte Knights which opened in the spring of 2014.[10]
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