The Nashville Sounds inaugural season at First Tennessee Park comes to an end tonight. The team is not in playoff contention but did see the biggest jump in attendance among Triple-A teams this year. And it’s still drawing first-time fans, like Scott West who was at Monday’s game.
“This is the last of the home games, so I was going to make it sometime this year.”
He was standing on the concourse just a few minutes before first pitch checking out the giant guitar-shaped scoreboard and the sweeping view of downtown.
“It’s gorgeous. It
is gorgeous,” he said.
A few sections over, sitting in the front row next to the Sounds’ dugout, is Eric Ludwig of Clarksville. He came to dozens of games this season and was glad to see the ballpark consistently full.
“It’s been enjoyable,” said Ludwig. “It’s been nice because you’re seeing a lot more crowd which has been a lot better than we’ve had in the past. Hopefully it’ll go ahead and stick around.”
The team has increased attendance by 3,000 fans a game this year and has recorded 19 sellouts as of Wednesday. But the team will fall short of its franchise record for total attendance. That was set back in 1990 when the Sounds won their division and drew 605,122 fans.
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