Surface Natural Grass Opened 8 April 1995 Phone +1 704-932-3267 Owner Kannapolis | Broke ground October 19, 1994 Capacity 4,700 Team Kannapolis Intimidators Architecture firm Lescher & Mahoney | |
Former names Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium (1995–2012)
CMC-NorthEast Stadium (2012–2016) Location 2888 Moose Road
Kannapolis, NC 28083 Operator Smith Family Baseball (maintenance by Rowan County) Field size Left Field: 330 feet
Left-Center: 375 feet
Center Field: 400 feet
Right-Center: 375 feet
Right Field: 310 feet Address 2888 Moose Rd, Kannapolis, NC 28083, USA Similar L P Frans Stadium, Village Park, NewBridge Bank Park, McCormick Field, Knights Stadium Profiles | ||
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Intimidators Stadium is a baseball stadium in Kannapolis, North Carolina. It is the home venue for the Kannapolis Intimidators, the Class A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.
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History
When the Intimidators franchise (then known as the Piedmont Phillies) began play in 1995, the stadium's construction was not complete. The field and seating areas were ready for the team's first game in April of that year, but the concession stands, restrooms, luxury boxes, and box office were not complete until that winter. The stadium was named Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium for the Fieldcrest Cannon Corporation, the textile giant that built the mill town of Kannapolis and operated it until the city was incorporated in 1984.
In addition to home games for the Intimidators, Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium is also used for several local high school baseball games each spring in addition to select Amateur Athletic Union events throughout the year.
The stadium was the home of UNC Charlotte's baseball team during the 2003 season while their on-campus facility's playing surface was being redone. The 49ers played in Kannapolis again for the first part of the 2007 season while their stadium was undergoing a $6 million renovation.
Improvements
A new scoreboard was installed in center field for the 2005 season, replacing the original board that the stadium used when it opened.
The city of Kannapolis is considering a replacement facility.
Naming Rights
On April 3, 2012, it was announced that Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast purchased the naming rights to the stadium, adopting the new CMC-NorthEast Stadium name for the upcoming season. Per club policy, terms were not disclosed.
For 2016, the naming rights deal was quietly dropped, with the team referring to the stadium as Intimidators Stadium again.