Truist Stadium is a

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that replaced

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. It is primarily used for

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, and is the home field of the

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minor league baseball team and primary home field of the Carolina Disco Turkeys summer collegiate baseball team. The ballpark is bounded by Peters Creek Parkway (northwest/west); 1st Street (north); and Green Street (northeast, left-center field). Salem Parkway, which carries US 158 and

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, is toward the south/southeast.

History

It was originally planned to open for the 2009 season. Various delays pushed it to mid-2009, and then to the 2010 season. Oversights such as the budget, by city planners, were reported to be the cause. The first home game was played on April 13, 2010, against the

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, resulting in a 5–4 loss in 12 innings, before 7,111 spectators. At the end of its first season, the stadium was named Ballpark of the Year by Baseballparks.com.

Naming rights

On February 24, 2010, the Dash announced that Winston-Salem based bank

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had signed a 15-year naming rights deal for the new ballpark. BB&T also owned the naming rights for fellow Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex venue

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, home to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team. This was the second ballpark in the Carolina League sponsored by BB&T. The first was BB&T Coastal Field (now TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark), home to the

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. BB&T also sponsored BB&T Ballpark (now

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) for the

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which opened in the spring of 2014. The ballpark was renamed Truist Stadium in June 2020 due to the 2019 merger of BB&T and

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to form Truist.

References

External links

BB&T Ballpark A to Z Fan GuideGroundbreaking announcement October 30, 20072010 announcementNaming rights announcement
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