FedExPark
Encyclopedia
FedExPark is a baseball
stadium
in Memphis, Tennessee
. It is the home field of the University of Memphis
Tigers college baseball
team. The stadium holds 2,000 spectators and opened in 1972 as Nat Buring Stadium.
The stadium was renovated and expanded in 2009, at a cost of $3 million. The stadium was reopened on February 19, 2010, as FedExPark.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
. It is the home field of the University of Memphis
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
Tigers college baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
team. The stadium holds 2,000 spectators and opened in 1972 as Nat Buring Stadium.
The stadium was renovated and expanded in 2009, at a cost of $3 million. The stadium was reopened on February 19, 2010, as FedExPark.