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| Memphis Redbirds |
Triple-A Affiliate of the Cardinals |
AutoZone Park Facts, Figures, Firsts & Footnotes
Construction cost: $80.5 million
Financing: The Memphis Redbirds privately financed construction of the ballpark ($46 million) and the renovation of the Moore Building (now called the Toyota Center) next to it through the issuance of $72 million in tax-exempt bonds by the Center City Revenue Finance Corp.
Architects: Looney Ricks Kiss (lead) and HOK Sport (consultant)
Construction manager: Beers-Inman, a joint venture between Beers Construction Co. and Inman Construction Co.
Naming rights: Memphis-based AutoZone paid $4.3 million for 25 years, which averages out to $188,000 annually through 2024
Owned by the Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation, the non-profit organization that also owns the team.
First game: The Memphis Redbirds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-6 on April 1, 2000 in front of a sellout crowd of 15,000
Hosted Major League Baseball's inaugural Civil Rights Game on March 31, 2007. The St. Louis Cardinals won the game, 5-1, over the Cleveland Indians before a crowd of 12,815.
Has 48 suites and 12,500 actual seats. A sizable berm in left field, called the TruGreen Bluff, can accommodate close to 2,000 fans. Additionally, a pair of club level party decks can each hold 175 people while a picnic pavilion in right field has a capacity of 500.
Yearly Attendance
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005 |
474,764
569,172
633,129
692,426
696,083 |
7
4
3
2
3 |
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000 |
730,585
749,446
794,550
887,976
859,851 |
2
2
2
2
2 |
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