Autozone Park
Fedex Forum


| back |

AutoZone Park is a minor league baseball stadium located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee and the home of the Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League, the AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. It was built at cost of over $80,000,000, by far the most ever spent on a structure dedicated to minor league baseball. It has a seating capacity of 12,512, and has been aptly described as "one-third" of a major league baseball park. It was built to "big-league" standards, the primary difference being the absence of outfield seats or seats far down the foul lines, and could perhaps be better described as a "major league stadium with only the 'good' seats". It opened in 2000 and replaced Tim McCarver Stadium.

Unlike other cities, Memphis does not have to worry about its team threatening to move elsewhere. The Redbirds, in a situation almost unique in American pro sports, are owned by a non-profit community foundation (The Green Bay Packers of the NFL have a similar ownership structure).


autozone park     redbirds baseball - autozone park

autozone park     autozone park

~~~~~~~~~~

FedExForum is the largest public building construction project in Memphis history.This 250 million dollar project was delivered on time and on budget to the City of Memphis by the New Memphis Arena Public Building Authority. fedex forumManaged and operated by the Memphis Grizzlies, the facility is home to both the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the University of Memphis Tigers basketball team.

FedExForum is located at 191 Beale Street and Third Street which traveling south becomes Highway 61, the historic Blues Highway.

Go to:    http://www.fedexforum.com/ to read all FedEx FORUM INFORMATION.



fedex forum     fedex forum


Sparkle [ View Memphis | HOME | Memphis.com | Memphis Chamber of Commerce ] Sparkle

This page hosted by networksolutions