Trustmark Park
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Trustmark Park has been the home of the Mississippi Braves, the Southern League Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves since 2005. It was announced on January 9, 2024,[6] that the Mississippi Braves would be relocating to Columbus, Georgia, for the 2025 season.
Trustmark Park | |
Location | 1 Braves Way Pearl, MS 39208 |
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Coordinates | 32.27391°N 90.147969°W / 32.27391; -90.147969 |
Owner | Bloomfield Equities, LLC |
Operator | City of Pearl |
Capacity | 8,480[1] |
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[2] |
Opened | April 18, 2005 |
Construction cost | $28 million ($43.7 million in 2023 dollars[3]) |
Architect | Dale and Associates Architects, P.A. (Jackson, MS) Populous (Kansas City, MO) |
Structural engineer | Structural Design Group[4] |
Services engineer | I. C. Thomasson Associates, Inc.[5] |
General contractor | W.G. Yates & Sons[2] |
Tenants | |
Mississippi Braves (SL/Double-A South) (2005–present) Governor's Cup (2007–present) Conference USA baseball tournament (2011–2012) |
Located in Pearl, Mississippi, the ballpark has capacity for 8,480 fans.[1] Opening on April 18, 2005, the stadium possesses 5,500 chair-back seats in the reserved seating areas. 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.[7] 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.[8]
The ballpark derives its name from the sale of naming rights to Trustmark Bank headquartered in Jackson.