Intimidators Stadium

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Intimidators Stadium
The Cannon
Intimidators Stadium
Former namesFieldcrest Cannon Stadium (1995–2012)
CMC-NorthEast Stadium (2012–2016)
Location2888 Moose Road
Kannapolis, NC 28083
Coordinates 35°30′28″N80°33′59″W / 35.50778°N 80.56639°W / 35.50778; -80.56639
Owner Rowan County and City of Kannapolis
Operator Smith Family Baseball (maintenance by Rowan County)
Capacity 4,700 (seated)
Field sizeLeft Field: 330 feet
Left-Center: 375 feet
Center Field: 400 feet
Right-Center: 375 feet
Right Field: 310 feet
SurfaceNatural Grass
Construction
Broke groundOctober 19, 1994 [1]
OpenedApril 8, 1995 [2]
ClosedAugust 29, 2019 [3]
Demolished2022 [4]
Construction cost$6.8 million (including adjacent property)
($13.1 million in 2022 dollars [5] )
Architect Lescher and Mahoney
Services engineerBrittain Engineering, Inc. [6]
General contractorWayne Brothers, Inc. [7]
Tenants
Kannapolis Intimidators (SAL) 1995–2019
Charlotte 49ers (C-USA) 2003, 2007
Queens Royals (SAC) 2019

Intimidators Stadium was a baseball stadium in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Opened in 1995, it was 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 was 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 49ers baseball team during the 2003 season while their on-campus facility's playing surface was being redone. [8] The 49ers played in Kannapolis again for the first part of the 2007 season while their stadium was undergoing a $6 million renovation. [9]

The Queens Royals baseball team of Queens University of Charlotte played their 2019 season at Intimidators Stadium as they made their debut in the South Atlantic Conference (NCAA Division II) while awaiting the construction of Tuckaseegee Dream Fields in Charlotte. [10]

A new scoreboard was installed in center field for the 2005 season, replacing the original board that the stadium used when it opened. [11]

Atrium Health Ballpark, a new downtown ballpark, was scheduled to open for the 2020 season, replacing Intimidators Stadium, [12] but the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] In September 2020, the city of Kannapolis requested bids for the redevelopment of Intimidators Stadium property. [14] In May 2021, the city announced it would sell the stadium to a developer for $3 million with demolition planned for autumn. [15] In May 2022, with the sale nearing completion "before the end of the month," demolition was scheduled to take place "in coming weeks". [16] Demolition was finally underway in September 2022. [4]

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. [17]

For 2016, the naming rights deal was quietly dropped, with the team referring to the stadium as Intimidators Stadium again. [18]

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