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The following is a list of current and former Major League Baseball spring training cities. Some Toronto Blue Jays regular-season home games for 2021 were played in TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida. Current cities
The economy of the state was important, but more and more teams, as baseball expanded, relocated to Arizona for spring training, where there were not that many stringent Jim Crow laws to contend with.
It is one of six facilities to host Arizona Fall League games. The capacity of Peoria Stadium is approximately 12,000. During spring training, it is the home stadium of both the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners, who play in the spring training Cactus League. Both teams are leased to hold spring training there until 2034. [3]
Since 2010, major league teams have been equally divided between Arizona and Florida during spring training, with 15 teams in Florida and 15 teams in Arizona. [18] All but six of the major league teams have gone to spring training in Florida at one time or another (Anaheim Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Colorado ...
Phoenix, Arizona: 8,775 San Francisco Giants (1964) Oakland Athletics (1984–2014) Still standing, now used by Arizona State University: Pompano Beach Municipal Park: 1957 1986 Pompano Beach, Florida: 4,500 Washington Senators/Texas Rangers (1961–86) Still standing Payne Park: 1924 1990 Sarasota, Florida: New York Giants (1924–27)
Baseball parks used for Major League Baseball spring training. Ballparks of the Cactus League in Arizona , and the Grapefruit League in Florida . The main article for this category is List of Major League Baseball spring training ballparks .
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The stadium opened to the public with a grand opening ceremony on February 21, 2009, [2] and held its first Cactus League spring training baseball game on February 25, 2009. [3] The stadium complex is owned by the city of Goodyear and contains the main field with a seating capacity of 9,500 [2] along with several practice fields and team offices.