Greensboro, NC -- In the words of Bono, "time is irrelevant, it's not linear." That lyric surely rings loudly to the Winston-Salem residents overseeing an eyesore of a ballpark. The word on the street is that many of the subcontractors are having difficulty obtaining payment. Billy Prim, owner of the newly named Winston-Salem Dash is attempting to buy out his partner, which has caused all but a standstill in the park's construction. With many residents curmudgeonly reluctant to approve funding for the new stadium, I'm sure many are feeling betrayed. As for the team itself, the Dash (renamed this season for the new park, but named for the dash between "Winston" and "Salem"), have embarrassingly had to move back to Ernie Shore Field, which is now owned by Wake Forest. To make matters worse, the team is off to a very slow start, and attendance has been putrid. I drove by the new ballpark about a month ago and snapped a few photos. Not much has changed since then, if anything at all.
As you can see, the seats have yet to be installed. The concourses have yet to be developed. This skeleton all but guarantees that there will be no baseball here in 2009.
I snapped this photo in motion because the home plate corner of the park is bounded by Business Interstate 40 and Peters Creek Parkway. The brown brick facade shows much promise!
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