Tim McCarver Stadium
Tim McCarver Stadium is a multi purpose in Memphis, United States that opened in 1963. Its recorded capacity is 8,800.
Key facts
Tim McCarver Stadium is a multi purpose in Memphis, United States that opened in 1963. Its recorded capacity is 8,800. No current owner is recorded. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 4 names in total, including Fairgrounds Diamond #3, Blues Stadium, Tim McCarver Stadium. Current tenants are Memphis Blues 1968–1976, Memphis Chicks 1978–1997, Memphis Blues.
- Location
- Memphis, United States
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 8,800
- Opened
- 1963
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Not recorded
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 2
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf, Natural grass
Tim McCarver Stadium is at latitude 35.123611, longitude -89.98, in Memphis, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.123611 |
| Longitude | -89.98 |
| City | Memphis |
| Region | Memphis |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Tim McCarver Stadium has carried 3 recorded names. Fairgrounds Diamond #3 (no sponsor) ran 1963 to 1967. Blues Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1968 to 1977. Tim McCarver Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1978 to 1997. The average tenure of a name here is 10.7 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairgrounds Diamond #3 | None | 1963 to 1967 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Blues Stadium | None | 1968 to 1977 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Tim McCarver Stadium | None | 1978 to 1997 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
No ownership or operator rows are recorded for this venue.
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Blues 1968–1976 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Memphis Chicks 1978–1997 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Memphis Blues | Not mapped | 1963 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
10 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 4034 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 4033 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Tim McCarver Stadium | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Blues Stadium | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Fairgrounds Diamond #3 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 60475 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 60474 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372244134 | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Tim_McCarver_Stadium | Tim McCarver Stadium | 2026-10 |
| 22 October 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 57829 | 2026-10 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: