Fayetteville lacked minor league baseball since the
Cape Fear Crocs moved to
Lakewood, New Jersey after the 2000 season. The team is now called the
Jersey Shore BlueClaws, the
Class A affiliate of the
Philadelphia Phillies. On August 17, 2016, the City of Fayetteville signed a memorandum of understanding with the
Houston Astros of
Major League Baseball to keep a Class A team club at the ballpark for 30 years. As part of the deal, Barton Malow contracted 83 percent of the construction to local and Small Disadvantaged Business Enterprise contractors. In conjunction with the ballpark financing, Prince Charles Holdings plans to invest $15 million toward renovating the adjoining Prince Charles Hotel into apartments. The company also intends to invest an additional $60 million toward a hotel, 150 residential units, of retail space, and a parking garage at the same stadium site. Groundbreaking took place on August 21, 2017. On February 7, 2019, the team announced a naming rights agreement with Segra, an independent fiber bandwidth company, to call the facility Segra Stadium. A ribbon cutting and tours were held on April 13. The ballpark's first game was held on April 18, 2019, between the Woodpeckers and the
Carolina Mudcats. Fayetteville
starting pitcher Enoli Paredes recorded the stadium's first
strikeouts as he retired the first three Mudcats batters on strikes to open the game. The first
hit was a
single in the bottom of the first inning off the bat of Fayetteville's
Bryan De La Cruz. The first
home run was hit in the top of the second inning by Carolina's
Payton Henry. == Other uses ==