Trustmark Park | |
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 Trustmark Park in 2005 | |
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| Location | 1 Braves Way Pearl, MS 39208 |
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| Coordinates | 32°16′26″N 90°08′53″W / 32.27391°N 90.147969°W |
| Owner | Bloomfield Equities |
| Operator | City of Pearl |
| Capacity | 8,480[5] |
| Field size | Left field: 335 feet (102 m) Center field: 402 feet (123 m) Right field: 332 feet (101 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 11, 2004[1] |
| Opened | April 18, 2005 |
| Construction cost | $28 million ($43.7 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Dale and Associates Architects, P.A. (Jackson, MS) Populous (Kansas City, MO) |
| Structural engineer | Structural Design Group[3] |
| Services engineer | I. C. Thomasson Associates[4] |
| General contractor | W.G. Yates & Sons[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Mississippi Braves (SL) 2005–2024 Governor's Cup 2007–present Conference USA baseball tournament 2011–2012 Mississippi Mud Monsters (FL) 2025–future | |
Trustmark Park is a baseball stadium in Pearl, Mississippi. It is the home of the Mississippi Mud Monsters, an expansion team in the independent Frontier League.[6] It was the home of the Mississippi Braves, the Southern League Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, from 2005 to 2024.[7]
Opening on April 18, 2005, the stadium has 5,500 chair-back seats in the reserved seating areas and capacity for 8,480 fans total.[5] The grass berm beyond the outfield walls has room for an additional 2,000 general admission customers. On August 13, 2006, a record crowd of 7,652 saw the M-Braves defeat the Huntsville Stars, 4–2.[8] The largest crowd to ever see a game at the park was the 2016 Governor's Cup in which 8,542 fans watched the Mississippi State Bulldogs defeat the Ole Miss Rebels, 2–0.[9]
The ballpark derives its name from the sale of naming rights to Trustmark, a bank holding company headquartered in Jackson.
- ^ a b Knight, Graham. "Trustmark Park". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Premier Projects". Geopier Foundations, LLC. Archived from the original on May 18, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ "Trustmark Park Minor League Baseball Stadium". I. C. Thomasson. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ a b "Mississippi Braves Stadium Information". Minor League Baseball. November 13, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Corder, Frank (September 10, 2024). "Expansion Frontier League team coming to Pearl to replace M-Braves". Greenwood Commonwealth.
- ^ "Mississippi Braves moving to Columbus, Georgia for 2025 season". MSN. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ "Escobar Lifts Braves". Minor League Baseball. August 13, 2006. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
- ^ Bonner, Michael (April 27, 2016). "Bulldogs shut out Rebels in Governor's Cup". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, MS. Retrieved May 24, 2016.