AutoZone Park

AutoZone Park

AutoZone Park's main entrance
Location	200 Union Avenue Memphis, Tennessee United States
Coordinates	35°8′35″N 90°2′57″W / 35.14306°N 90.04917°W / 35.14306; -90.04917Coordinates: 35°8′35″N 90°2′57″W / 35.14306°N 90.04917°W / 35.14306; -90.04917
Owner	City of Memphis
Operator	Memphis Redbirds, LLC
Capacity	10,000 (2015–present) 14,384 (2008–2014) 14,320 (2000–2007)
Record attendance	18,620
Field size	Left Field: 319 ft (97 m) Left-Center Field: 360 ft (110 m) Center Field: 400 ft (122 m) Right-Center Field: 373 ft (114 m) Right Field: 322 ft (98 m)
Surface	Tifton 419 Bermuda grass
Construction
Broke ground	January 15, 1998
Opened	April 1, 2000
Construction cost	$80.5 million ($112 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect	Looney Ricks Kiss HOK Sport
Structural engineer	Stanley D. Lindsey & Associates
Services engineer	Griffith C. Burr Inc.
General contractor	Beers-Inman
Tenants
Memphis Redbirds (PCL) (2000–present) Civil Rights Game (MLB) (2007–2008)

AutoZone Park is a Minor League Baseball stadium located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and is home to the Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). The Redbirds are the AAA affiliate of Major League Baseball's (MLB) St. Louis Cardinals. In 2009, the stadium was named Minor League Ballpark of the Year by Baseball America.

Designed by Looney Ricks Kiss Architects of Memphis with Kansas City-based HOK Sport, AutoZone Park cost $80.5 million to build. This is by far the most money ever spent on a structure dedicated to a minor league baseball team. AutoZone Park was built to "MLB standards", but with the absence of outfield seats or food vendors far down the foul lines, making it, for comparison purposes, a major league stadium with only the 'good' seats". It opened in 2000, replacing Tim McCarver Stadium. The stadium also hosts some games for the University of Memphis baseball team, and most notably, the annual game with Ole Miss.

The Redbirds had been unique in baseball until recently, in that they were owned by a non-profit community foundation, the Memphis Redbirds Foundation; the Green Bay Packers of the NFL have a similar ownership structure. However, the Foundation defaulted on its bond payment in 2010. On November 15, 2013, the Foundation announced that the default would be remedied by the St. Louis Cardinals paying off the bonds at a discount and acquiring the Redbirds, while the city of Memphis resumes ownership of the stadium.