MCCORMICK FIELD

'McCormick Field' is a baseball park and home of the minor league Asheville Tourists. As befits this hilly city, the ballpark sits on a section of level ground partway up one of the city's hills, providing a picturesque atmosphere.
The ballpark was built in 1924 and was named after Asheville resident Dr. Lewis McCormick. The facility, which was largely wood and which developed a leaky roof, was rebuilt in concrete between the 1991 and 1992 seasons. The ballpark kept a similar layout to the original McCormick Field. However, fans enjoy new expanded restrooms and bigger concession stands. New clubhouses were built and lights erected as player and field enhancements, but one of the "biggest" renovations was the wall behind the cozy right field area, only some 300 feet away from home plate. The height of the wall was more than tripled, as it now stands 36 feet tall (nearly the same height as Fenway Park's "Green Monster"), largely to protect the parking lot just beyond it. The original turf surface was replaced with Astroturf in the spring of 2007.
The ballpark served as one of the settings for the 1988 film Bull Durham.