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Hunter Wright Stadium
	Hunter Wright Stadium Location within Tennessee
Former names	Kingsport Sports Complex
Address	800 Granby Road
Location	Kingsport, Tennessee; United States
Coordinates	36°33′46″N 82°35′55″W / 36.56278°N 82.59861°W
Type	Baseball stadium
Capacity	2,500
Field size	Left field: 330 feet (100 m); Center field: 410 feet (120 m); Right field: 330 feet (100 m);
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1995
Tenants
	Kingsport Mets (AL) 1995–2020; Gate City High School; Dobyns-Bennett High School; Kingsport Axmen (AL) from 2021;
Website
	Official website

Hunter Wright Stadium is a baseball park in Kingsport, Tennessee, named for the popular multi-term former mayor. It is the home field of Kingsport Axmen of the summer collegiate Appalachian League. It was previously home to the Kingsport Mets, a Rookie-level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the New York Mets of the Appalachian League from 1995 to 2020. Built in 1995, it seats 2,500 people.

The stadium's location, just a couple of miles from the Tennessee-Virginia line, allows Gate City High School in nearby Gate City, Virginia, to rent the field for its baseball games, making Hunter Wright the home field for its Blue Devils baseball team.^[1] The facility also hosts a few home games for Kingsport's Dobyns-Bennett High School Indians, returning the favor from when the K-Mets played at the high school's field.

Since 1998, it has hosted the Coca-Cola Classic, a series of baseball games between local high school teams.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Hunter Wright Stadium Information". Kingsport Mets. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
^ Thwaites, George. "Coca-Cola Classic: Vikings come alive against Pats after being taken to woodshed by 'Betsy". KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS. Kingsport Publishing Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
^ Wilmoth, Steve (26 February 2014). "Schedule Announced for 2014 Coca-Cola Classic". Tri-Cities Sports. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

External links

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[MiLB-HWS-1] "Hunter Wright Stadium Information". Kingsport Mets. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

[2] Thwaites, George. "Coca-Cola Classic: Vikings come alive against Pats after being taken to woodshed by 'Betsy". KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS. Kingsport Publishing Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

[TriCities-CCClassic-3] Wilmoth, Steve (26 February 2014). "Schedule Announced for 2014 Coca-Cola Classic". Tri-Cities Sports. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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