Opened: April 20, 2000
Capacity: 6,412
Affiliated with the Chicago Cubs
Smokies Stadium
When you go to games to get bobbleheads and hear what people are talking about there are two stadiums that seem to always come up, here and Durham. This is the closest entrant in the Southern League to me just outside of Knoxville and I visited here in 2017.
How did I get there?
The stadium is located east of Knoxville just off of I-40. There is a large parking lot, it costs $5 to park. You don’t really have any other options though.
Ticket prices
Not bad, got in for $14 and sat behind the visitor’s dugout. Certainly cheaper than seeing a game at Wrigley.
Finding my seat and amenities
Easy to find my seat. There was a wide variety of food here. I had already eaten as I got out of Knoxville at about 4 and had time to kill. There are several fast food restaurants across the interstate from the park.
In game experience
There were some different things here. I read somewhere that the owners go visit other parks a lot and use a lot of the ideas they see elsewhere here. I can’t really remember any other than one did make me chuckle.
Getting out
Easy to get out but I didn’t stay for the fireworks. I can imagine it can take a bit to empty the lot after a well-attended game. This was Memorial Day weekend so the game was very well attended.
Wrap
This is a nice park but I liked Regions Field better, not that it matters.