Atrium Health Ballpark

Walking up to Atrium Health Ballpark from B Street, Sep-2021.

The seating bowl, as seen from down the left-field concourse.

A break in the action for a pitching change.

Chronological Tour: Stop 421

• Location: Chestnut Avenue at Cannon Baller Way (formerly B Street), Kannapolis, N.C. (map it using Google Maps)
• Opened: 2020
• Home team: Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, Carolina League (2021-present)
• Capacity: 4,930 (3,218 fixed seats)

Rating: 3 baseballs

The park and the city get credit for providing lots of free parking within walking distance and also for keeping ticket prices to a reasonable level. They have also introduced a live organist with a full repertoire ranging from Beethoven to the Grateful Dead.

On the negative side, the lineups are not posted anywhere except for the team at bat appearing on the video board during the game, and there are times when the score is not displayed anywhere in the park. Additionally, the concession lines stretched halfway to Salisbury at the game I attended. That had not improved much by my second visit in 2024.

All in all, the park is handsome and a huge improvement over the previous facility, but I was not blown away by it.