Greenville Municipal Stadium

Entrance to Greenville Municipal Stadium, Aug-1997.

The entire upper section of the seating bowl is bleacher seating.

Another park with nothing in particular to look at.

Chronological Tour: Stop 115

• Location: Braves Avenue (off Mauldin Road), Greenville, S.C. (map it using Google Maps)
• Opened: 1984
• Home team: Greenville Braves, Southern League (1984-2004); Greenville Bombers, South Atlantic League (2005)
• Capacity: 7,048

Rating: 2 baseballs

As it is, the Atlanta Braves’ Double-A club was forced to play in a rather mundane facility, at least through 2004. It’s roofless, which isn’t a big deal because all the games are at night, but the layout gives the sensation of watching baseball in an amphitheater rather than a distinctive stadium. As Gertrude Stein might have said, “There’s no there there.”

In early 2004, after much negotiation with the City of Greenville, the Braves announced plans to build a new stadium in Pearl, Miss., near Jackson. In February 2005, the Capital City Bombers of the South Atlantic League moved to Municipal Stadium, with plans to build a new park for 2006.