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CaroMont Health Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Gastonia, North Carolina which opened in 2021 as the home of the
Gastonia Honey Hunters The Gastonia Honey Hunters are a professional baseball team based in Gastonia, North Carolina. They play in the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball, at CaroMont Health Park i ...
in the
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, an official Partner League of
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. It is part of a downtown redevelopment plan known as the Franklin Urban Sports and Entertainment (FUSE) District. The new ballpark was designed to accommodate a variety of other events, including concerts, soccer, lacrosse, and football with an artificial turf surface and a capacity of 5,000. In May 2021, the Honey Hunters announced that the stadium would be renamed CaroMont Health Park following a ten-year naming rights deal with CaroMont Health, a regional healthcare provider that operates the
CaroMont Regional Medical Center CaroMont Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital located in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. The hospital was organized in 1946 as a memorial to soldiers who died in World War II, and the present Court Drive facility opened i ...
and other medical facilities. The stadium's first event was an exhibition baseball game on May 23, 2021, followed by the regular season opening day game on May 25. The
Gaston College Gaston College is a public community college in Dallas, North Carolina. Serving Gaston County and Lincoln County, Gaston College enrolls over 5,000 students each term in curriculum programs and about 16,000 students in continuing education pro ...
Rhinos baseball team used this stadium in early 2022 while Sims Legion Park was undergoing a renovation.


See also

* Sims Legion Park *
List of sports venues in North Carolina The following is a list of sports venues in the U.S. State of North Carolina. Venues are separated into three categories: Arenas, race tracks, and stadiums. Each category may be sorted by venue name, location, tenant or usage, or capacity. Current ...


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