Turning a racetrack into a baseball field worthy of hosting Major League Baseball takes time and a plan. Demolition started in early June with heavy construction now in high gear to transform Bristol ...

From racetrack to ballpark: Bristol’s MLB transformation shifts into high gear by: The Associated Press. Posted: Jun 25, 2025 / 09:10 AM CDT. Updated: Jun 25, 2025 / 09:10 AM CDT.

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As of Tuesday, Bristol no longer is a racetrack. “It’s not going to be good to have a 2-foot wall … in the outfield for a player to run into, so naturally those had to go,” Steve Swift, ...

As of Tuesday, Bristol no longer is a racetrack. “It’s not going to be good to have a 2-foot wall … in the outfield for a player to run into, so naturally those had to go,” Steve Swift, ...

Bristol will have a chance at the record for the largest crowd to see a baseball game. A March 2008 exhibition between the Red Sox and Dodgers at Los Angeles Coliseum drew 115,300.

Bristol will race against the clock to turn the field back into a track for a night race in the NASCAR playoffs Sept. 13. "There's the right way, the wrong way, and the speedway," Swift said.

Turning a racetrack into a baseball field worthy of hosting Major League Baseball takes time and a plan. Demolition started in early June with heavy construction now in high gear to transform ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Turning a racetrack into a baseball field worthy of hosting Major League Baseball takes time and a plan.. Demolition started in early June with heavy construction now in ...