Friends Of Sulphur Dell

Friends Of Sulphur Dell Local community members who support Baseball at Sulphur Dell, Nashivlle, TN The Sounds Stadium may be on the move, and it should move to Sulphur Dell.

That's where Nashville's roots run deep...

Sulphur Dell is a former minor league baseball park in Nashville, Tennessee. It was used for baseball for nearly 100 years, from 1870 to 1963. From 1901 to 1963, it was the home of the Nashville Vols minor league team. The ballpark, demolished in 1969, was located in the block between present day Jackson Street, Fourth Avenue, Harrison Street, and Fifth

Avenue.
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Athletic Park was located near an area known to pioneers as Sulphur Springs Bottom, which had a natural sulphur spring, and was located in the area of French Lick Springs. The lands were used for trading, picnics, and recreation. Baseball was first played there shortly after the end of the Civil War. Eventually, a portion of the land was designated for baseball and called Athletic Park. It wasn't until 1908, when Grantland Rice, a local sports journalist for the Nashville Daily News and the Nashville Tennessean, referred to the ballpark as Sulphur Spring Dell—later shortened to Sulphur Dell. The original grandstand was built in 1885. It was torn down in the winter of 1926 and 1927, and was rebuilt as a concrete-and-steel structure with a slightly different orientation. Sulphur Dell was best known for having one of the most significant "terraces" or sloping outfields in baseball history, a steep incline that ran along the entire outfield wall, most dramatically in right and center fields. The right field fence was only 262 feet from the plate. Whenever games attracted very large crowds, fans sat on the shelf of the right field slope, cutting right field down to 235 feet from the plate. Most right fielders stood about halfway up the slope and were known as "mountain goats." The area was subject to flooding when the Cumberland River exceeded its banks. The park was located near the city dump, which lent a unique fragrance to the surroundings. It was also known for being extremely friendly to hitters, which led pitchers to call it "Suffer Hell." Casey Stengel once joked that he could bunt a home run down the first base line, which was only 42 feet from the stands. The third base line was even closer, at 26 feet. In 1963, the ballpark was vacated due to the folding of the Nashville Vols. It was converted to a speedway in 1964 but the speedway only operated for a year. In 1969 the decaying structure was demolished. Today it is the site of a number of parking lots north of the state capitol building.

04/27/2015

A great time... a long time in coming. Baseball is home.

Have you experienced the stadium yet? It's amazing.
04/24/2015

Have you experienced the stadium yet? It's amazing.

Christy Shuff was robbed on the night she moved some equipment into her soon-to-open new business, Rumours Gallery, on 12South Avenue.

Glad to see this project through to completion. Lots of community and business support... a little luck, and .... play b...
04/21/2015

Glad to see this project through to completion. Lots of community and business support... a little luck, and .... play ball!

First Tennessee Park, the new home of the Nashville Sounds, is a triumphant return of pro baseball to Sulphur Dell, a perfect mix of the modern and the past.

What an impact this is to the area!
07/09/2014

What an impact this is to the area!

Sounds plan move to North Nashville in time for 2015 season

It will be Sulphur Dell Stadium to many of us... First Tennessee Stadium to the rest, but either way, baseball will be p...
04/23/2014

It will be Sulphur Dell Stadium to many of us... First Tennessee Stadium to the rest, but either way, baseball will be played there... and we'll be there to enjoy it!

Frank Ward, owner of the Nashville Sounds, will hold a press conference to deliver a major announcement regarding the new ballpark at Sulphur Dell.

Major announcement today.... Ballpark design?
04/22/2014

Major announcement today.... Ballpark design?

Frank Ward, owner of the Nashville Sounds, will hold a press conference late this morning to make a major announcement about the city's new ballpark in North Nashville.

Sulphur Dell area is hot! Now that's the stadium difference!!
04/18/2014

Sulphur Dell area is hot! Now that's the stadium difference!!

With the development of the new Sounds stadium, another hot spot has appeared in Nashville's already booming real estate market.

04/13/2014

What will they name it...? Either way, there will be memories from the past and future.

The Nashville AA baseball Nashville Vols played their last game in 1965. You would have to be in your mid 50s to remember a game with any clarity, which also means that very few of you ever went the few blocks behind the State Capitol to Sulphur Dell where baseball had been played just about every...

The end... and a new beginning.
04/12/2014

The end... and a new beginning.

The Nashville Sounds hosted their final home opener at Greer Stadium Friday night.

Construction begins at the Sulphur Dell!
03/24/2014

Construction begins at the Sulphur Dell!

Construction is in full swing at Sulphur Dell, making baseball one step closer to reality. For the past couple of weeks the excavation team has been hard at it.

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