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Plant City Stadium is a stadium in Plant City, Florida with a capacity of about 6,000. It was built in 1988 as the new spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds, who had previously trained at Al Lopez Field in nearby Tampa for many years. In 1998, the Reds left Plant City for Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota. After the departure of the Reds ...
Plant City Stadium: 1988 1997 Plant City, Florida: 6,000 Cincinnati Reds (1988–97) Still standing Plant Field: 1899 2002 Tampa, Florida: Chicago Cubs (1913–16) Boston Red Sox (1919) Washington Senators (1920–29) Detroit Tigers (1930) Cincinnati Reds (1930–54) Chicago White Sox (1954–59) Demolished (became building on University of ...
While the Cincinnati Reds were still training at Plant Field into the 1950s, the facility was old (it was built in 1898) and had to be shared among many different teams and events. City leaders decided that a new baseball-only facility would insure that Tampa could continue to host spring training and professional baseball into the future.
Plant Field (opened 1899) known as Pepin-Rood Stadium in final years (1971–2002) Home of – spring training: Chicago Cubs – National League (1913-16) Boston Red Sox – American League (1919) Washington Senators – AL (1920s) Detroit Tigers – AL (1930s) Cincinnati Reds – NL (1930-54) Chicago White Sox – AL (1954)
City Current team(s) Current ballpark(s) Capacity Former team(s) Bradenton: Pittsburgh Pirates (1969–present) LECOM Park [1] 6,602 St. Louis Cardinals (1923–24) Philadelphia Phillies (1925–27) Boston Red Sox (1928–29) Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves (1928–40, 1948–61) Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1963–68) Clearwater
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The Reds moved to new facilities in nearby Plant City for spring training 1988. The Tarpons played one more season in the ballpark before it was torn down in 1989. To honor its still-living namesake, the city of Tampa changed the name of a nearby park from "Horizon Park" to "Al López Park". [38]