Two prominent sports fixtures in Chattanooga, formed 100 years apart, will come together to celebrate America’s national pastime and the beautiful game inside Erlanger Park this summer.
On Saturday, July 4, at 7:30 p.m., the Chattanooga Football Club will face Inter Miami 2 in an MLS Next Pro match in the first non-baseball event to be held at the Chattanooga Lookouts’ immaculate new ballpark.
The two teams made the announcement on Monday morning from Erlanger Park’s 24,000-square-foot Coca-Cola Pattern Shop that stretches high over the first base and right field line in the brand-new 8,032-seat Double-A stadium.
“This will be the first big opportunity for us to show Chattanooga not only as a world-class baseball center, but also as an unbelievable event center,” Chattanooga Lookouts president Rich Mozingo said. “We designed Erlanger Park to support events like this. To have Lookouts fans, CFC fans, and Chattanooga fans all in the building on July 4 for Independence Day will be a huge day for us all to celebrate.”
Erlanger Park’s entire playing surface will be able to support a soccer playing surface, as the goals on each end of the field will back up to the Coca-Cola Pattern Shop and the left-field berm. Seats down the third base and left field line will have a sideline view of the match.