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).

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.
Managed 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.
