Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN - Former home of the Tennessee Smokies Baseball Team - Kodak Tri X Film Photography by Ricky Davis of TRD Photography

Recently I was driving to Johnson City, TN and I stopped off to check out the outside of Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN. I grew up loving baseball and I’ve been working on a project taking photos of different ballparks, so I couldn’t not take the opportunity to photograph Smokies Stadium.

The stadium is currently empty as the Smokies moved back to Knoxville in 2025. From everything I have found, the stadium is still being decided on what will be eventually happening to it, although the last article I read was for a developer that will keep the stadium in tact.

Smokies Stadium isn’t a super old ballpark, it was opened in 2000 and 2024 was it’s final year. I didn’t get to go but to a few games here over the years as it’s a couple hours from my home, but it always had a different feel to me than a lot of the other stadiums. Although I do have some awesome memories from Smokies Stadium.

In 2009 I believe it was, I got to meet one of my childhood heroes, Dale Murphy. He was doing a meet and greet signing at the Smokies/Braves game. Jason Heyward was playing for the Mississippi Braves at the time, but I spent the whole game in the line that wrapped around the stadium to meet Murphy. I was ecstatic!

I went back for another game to see Heyward and Freddie Freeman. I also went to see Kris Bryant when he was playing for the Smokies and tearing up minor league hitting. I’ve always loved the feel of minor league games.

I’m hoping to get to swing by and check out the Smokies new park sometime in the near future. Here’s a few more photos that I took outside of the stadium. Sadly there wasn’t a whole lot outside of the stadium to photograph. I’d love the opportunity to get permission to make photograph the inside of the stadium sometime. I loved the way the outfield was setup for fans to stand at the wall. I’d love to get a photograph of the stadium from that angle.

A Look outside of Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tn.

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