Welcome to CaroMont Health Park, home of Gastonia s Honey Hunters
Welcome to CaroMont Health Park, home of professional baseball s Gastonia Honey Hunters.
CaroMont Health has purchased the naming rights to what had been known as the FUSE stadium, where the American League of Professional Baseball s newest team will begin play on May 27. The Opening Day opponent will be the Lancaster (Pa.) Barnstormers, marking the start of a seven-game homestand, and 120-game season scheduled to end Oct. 10 at home against the West Virginia Power.
Terms of the deal announced Monday by CaroMont Health, Gaston County s largest employer, and the Honey Hunters were not initially disclosed.
Gastonia offers small businesses support in economic plan
Gastonia leaders expect the city s new FUSE District to help grow small business already downtown while also serving as a catalyst for future growth. For those living in or around downtown and FUSE Districts, you will see increased pedestrian traffic and new businesses opening, said Kristy Crisp, the city s director of economic development, said. Center City Crossings, Trenton Mill and other residential projects will bring the much needed residential density that small businesses need to thrive.
The stadium in the Franklin Urban Sports and Entertainment District will hold one of its first events Saturday and baseball will start being played there over the Memorial Day weekend.
Opinion: FUSE will be a home run for Gastonia
Jim Gallagher
FUSE is the culmination of a lot of time and effort put in by multiple people and entities over the past several years. The Grizzlies were such a huge success at Sims Park that they propelled what we now know as “FUSE” (Franklin Urban Sports & Entertainment) into existence.
The catchy name is the work of Jason Thompson, the Gastonia director of planning. I was first elected to City Council in 2010, and seeing an average crowd size of 2,000 – 4,000 people gathered at Sims Park for a Grizzlies game was hard to ignore.
City of Gastonia ready for opening day at Fuse District Stadium For the last 18 months, the nearly $22 million-dollar facility has been under construction. Thursday’s ceremony marked the transfer of the park’s management to Velocity Companies, Inc. (Source: Kristi O Connor/WBTV) By Kristi O Connor | April 15, 2021 at 6:11 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 6:11 PM
GASTON, N.C. (WBTV) - The City of Gastonia officially cut the ribbon to Fuse District Stadium on East Franklin Street Thursday.
For the last 18 months, the nearly $22 million-dollar facility has been under construction. Thursday’s ceremony marked the transfer of the park’s management to Velocity Companies, Inc.