Notable Events
During Major League Baseball's search for a new home for the Montreal Expos, Norfolk submitted a proposal which would have expanded Harbor Park to temporarily accommodate a major league team. Norfolk's bid was rejected and the Expos eventually became the Washington Nationals.
On March 30, 2007, the Washington Nationals played an exhibition game against the Baltimore Orioles. The game was sold out two weeks before the game. A total of 12,408 attended the game.
On October 28, 2008, Barack Obama had a rally here.
On December 16, 2008, the city of Norfolk approved a plan by the Tides to build a right field party deck behind the home bullpen. The deck will hold 400 standing people persons and will not add seats to the park, although it would increase standing room area for overflow crowds. The right field fence moved in 20 feet, to accommodate the deck, changing the right field foul line length to 318 feet. The changes were completed by March 15, 2009, two weeks before an Orioles–Nationals exhibition game.
The concert band piece Harbor Park Holiday, written in 1996 by Norfolk native James L. Hosay, was written about Harbor Park.
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