Sounds Ballpark Gets New Name

The ballpark where the Nashville Sounds (Triple-A, Pacific Coast League) play will be renamed First Horizon Park, the name of the parent company of First Tennessee Bank. Read more here.

The Future of War Memorial Stadium

Could historic War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro (NC) be at risk of destriction?  The facility, which costs $189,000 a year to operate and needs restoration, could be torn down to help balance the city’s $423 million budget.  Read more here.  The Single-A Greensboro Bats (now Greensboro Grasshoppers) played at War Memorial until moving into First Horizon Park (now NewBridge Bank Park) in 2005.