NewBridge Bank Park
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{{Infobox Stadium
| stadium_name = NewBridge Bank Park
| nickname =
| image = [[image:First Horizon Park2.jpg|200px]]
| fullname =
| location = 408 Bellemeade Street<br />[[Greensboro, North Carolina]] 27401<br />United States
| coordinates =
| broke_ground = January 21, 2004
| built =
| opened = April 9, 2005 (Greensboro 3, Hickory 2)
| renovated =
| expanded =
| closed =
| demolished =
| owner = City of Greensboro
| operator =
| surface = grass
| construction_cost =
| architect = Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates
| structural engineer =
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| tenants = [[Greensboro Grasshoppers]] (2005-present)
| seating_capacity = 7,499
| dimensions = '''Left Field:''' 315 ft (96 m)<br />'''Left Field Jog:''' 322 ft (98 m) (unposted)<br />'''Left-Center:''' 365 ft (111 m)<br />'''Center Field:''' 400 ft (122 m)<br />'''Right-Center:''' 362 ft (110 m)<br />'''Right Field Jog:''' 320 ft (98 m) (unposted)<br />'''Right Field:''' 312 ft (95 m)
}}
'''NewBridge Bank Park''' (formerly First Horizon Park) is a [[minor league baseball]] [[stadium|park]] opened in Spring [[2005]] by the [[Greensboro Grasshoppers]] of the [[South Atlantic League]]. The park is on the block bounded by Bellemeade, Edgeworth, Smith, and Eugene Streets in downtown [[Greensboro, North Carolina]], [[United States]].
The team moved here during Winter [[2004]]-[[2005]], leaving their previous home of many decades, [[World War Memorial Stadium]]. Lindsay Street, which once cut through the property of the new park, now T's into Eugene, and also provides a direct path to the old stadium.
==References==
*''Baseball America Directory 2005''
*"Ball park's new player" News-Record article 11/9/07 [http://news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071109/NRSTAFF/71108029]
==External links==
*[http://www.gsohoppers.com/ Greensboro Grasshoppers official website]
*[http://www.downtownstadium.org/ First Horizon Park fan website]
{{SAL ballparks}}
[[Category:Minor league baseball venues]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Greensboro, North Carolina]]