Sulphur Dell

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Sulphur Dell was a historic minor league baseball park in Nashville, Tennessee, known for its quirky field dimensions and long association with the Nashville Vols.

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Sulphur Dell canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball park ⓘ
minor league baseball park ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sulphur Springs Ball Park ⓘ
The Sulphur Dell ⓘ
associatedWith Nashville baseball history ⓘ
builtNear Cumberland River ⓘ
capacityApproximate 8,000 ⓘ
cityServed Nashville ⓘ
closed 1963 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic venue for Nashville Vols fans ⓘ
demolished 1969 ⓘ
demolitionReason obsolescence and decline of Southern Association ⓘ
designCharacteristic asymmetrical outfield ⓘ
very short distance down right-field line ⓘ
eraOfProminence early 20th century ⓘ
fieldOrientation home plate faced southwest in later years ⓘ
formerName Athletic Park ⓘ
Sulphur Spring Bottom ⓘ
heritageStatus historic ballpark ⓘ
historicalUse minor league baseball games ⓘ
professional baseball games ⓘ
homeTeam Nashville Vols ⓘ
Nashville Volunteers ⓘ
linked to: Nashville Vols
leagueAssociation Southern Association ⓘ
Southern League ⓘ
locatedIn Davidson County, Tennessee ⓘ
Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
namedAfter nearby sulphur springs ⓘ
neighborhood downtown Nashville ⓘ
notableFeature short right-field fence ⓘ
steep right-field incline ⓘ
unusual field dimensions ⓘ
opened 1870 ⓘ
primaryEraOfNashvilleVolsTenancy 1901–1963 ⓘ
replacedBy Herschel Greer Stadium ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
successorSiteUse First Horizon Park vicinity ⓘ
mixed-use redevelopment area ⓘ
surface natural grass ⓘ
tenancy Nashville Americans ⓘ
Nashville Blues ⓘ
Nashville Seraphs ⓘ
Nashville Tigers ⓘ
linked to: Nashville Americans

Nashville Vols ⓘ
Nashville Xpress ⓘ

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Nashville Vols → homeBallpark → Sulphur Dell ⓘ