Opened: April 3, 1924
Capacity: 4,000
Affiliated with the Colorado Rockies
McCormick Field
How did I get there?
On the beer traveling circuit there is one place that gets mentioned and that is Asheville. There are a lot of breweries in town and in the time it took you to read this sentence another one probably opened. I spent my day visiting some of them (thank God for half pours!). It’s not hard to navigate around town and at least for me there was enough street parking and one of the breweries, Eurisko, was located about 200 yards from the park so I just parked there and went to the game. It was on the street so I could.
Ticket prices
Prices weren’t bad, about $11 with a day of game fee to sit behind home plate. It was a Monday night so there were plenty of seats available.
Finding my seat and amenities
Easy to find the seat. Now this stadium is old, the oldest full season minor league park in use. Heck, the right field fence is about 270 feet from the plate, which is something that could not be done with more modern parks. Don’t let the “old” fool you though. They had just about anything that you could want, from nachos to BBQ to ice cream and everything else. If you want it, they probably have it. On par with larger parks in my opinion.
In game experience
Usual in game experience with the usual in game entertainment. Lots of appearances from the two mascots Ted E and Mr. Moon.
Getting out
I was heading into Tennessee so I needed to get to I-40. It wasn’t hard. The main street that goes by the stadium goes downtown and one left turn gets you onto the street that takes you to I-40 via I-440. Not hard. It was also a Monday so the crowd was sparse and traffic was light.
Wrap
I will be back in Asheville, if just to visit more breweries. I will try to make sure that the Tourists are in town whenever it is I get back. My liver will need some time to recover.