Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark is a baseball

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Elizabethton, Tennessee Elizabethton () is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government (known as the Watauga Association, created in 1772) located west of ...

. The venue is owned and subsidized by the City of Elizabethton and the stadium itself is primarily used for

Appalachian League The Appalachian League is a Collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball league that operates in the Appalachian regions of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Designed for rising freshmen and sophomores using wooden ...

summer collegiate baseball as the home field of

Elizabethton River Riders The Elizabethton River Riders are a summer collegiate baseball team of the Appalachian League. They are located in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and play their home games at Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark. History Previous Elizabethto ...

that will begin play in 2021. It was previously home to

Minor League Baseball Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National Le ...

as the home field of the Appalachian League's

Elizabethton Twins The Elizabethton Twins were a Minor League Baseball team of the Appalachian League and a Rookie-level affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. They were located in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and were named for their Major League Baseball, major league aff ...

, the rookie affiliate team of the

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team is named afte ...

from 1974 to 2020. The

Elizabethton High School Elizabethton () is a city in, and the county seat of Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government (known as the Watauga Association, created in 1772) located west of bo ...

baseball teams also use the Joe O'Brien Field. Built in 1974, the Joe O'Brien Field ballpark can provide seating for 2,000 people.

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* * * Sports venues in Tennessee Minor league baseball venues Baseball venues in Tennessee Buildings and structures in Carter County, Tennessee Elizabethton, Tennessee 1974 establishments in Tennessee {{Tennessee-baseball-venue-stub