Overview

• The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds are playing the first MLB regular-season game in Tennessee before a crowd exceeding 85,000 spectators, surpassing the paid attendance record set at Cleveland Stadium in 1954.
• The event continues MLB’s push into unconventional venues following previous Field of Dreams games in Iowa by converting a racing oval into a functioning baseball park.
• Bristol’s half-mile track has been reconfigured with 3,500 temporary infield seats among existing 87,000 grandstand spots, with turns three and four closed to minimize obstructed views.
• Fans enjoy an expansive pregame festival featuring food trucks, batting tunnels, a Navy flyover, concerts by Tim McGraw and Pitbull and ceremonial first pitches from Chipper Jones and Johnny Bench.
• After the game, Major League Baseball will donate 124,000 square feet of AstroTurf from the infield to East Tennessee State University as part of its Better Together initiative.