Naming Rights
The ballpark opened in 2005 as First Horizon Park. Memphis, Tennessee-based First Horizon National Corporation was awarded the naming rights of the ballpark on December 7, 2004 for 10 years. On November 7, 2007, it was formally announced that locally-based NewBridge Bank had acquired the ballpark's naming rights, after First Horizon National Corporation ended their agreement with the Grasshoppers. The deal runs through the 2017 season.
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