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for Spring training City Capacity (at closing) Occupants Status Al López Field: 1955 1988 Tampa, Florida: Chicago White Sox (1957–59) Cincinnati Reds (1960–87) Demolished (became Raymond James Stadium) Alex Box Stadium (a.k.a. LSU Varsity Baseball Field) 1938 2008 Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 7,760 New York Giants (1938–1939) Demolished
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
It is the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. [11] [12] The ballpark opened on March 24, 2019, with the Braves' 4–2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. [13] [14] The Braves' $140 million project was funded by private and public sources. [15] Sarasota County contributed $21.2 million through hotel bed tax dollars. [8]
Spring training allows new players to try out for roster and position spots, and gives established players practice time prior to competitive play. Spring training has always attracted fan attention, drawing crowds who travel to the warm climates of Arizona and Florida to enjoy the weather and watch their favorite teams play.
It is operated by Camelback Spring Training LLC. It is the spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. The main stadium holds 13,000 people. Camelback Ranch replaced Holman Stadium in Vero Beach, Florida, as the Dodgers' spring training home, and Tucson Electric Park in Tucson, Arizona, as the White Sox spring ...
According to the White House Historical Association, there is a popular myth suggesting that President Theodore Roosevelt banned trees from being cut down and placed in the White House as decoration.
Tampa was the first spring training site in Florida, beginning in 1913 with the Chicago Cubs. [11] In the ensuing decades, the city hosted several different Major League Baseball teams for spring training and was home to several different minor league squads during the summer, first at Plant Field near downtown and later at Al Lopez Field near West Tampa.
The franchise's first spring training was held in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1901, when the team was known as the Boston Americans. Since 1993, the city of Fort Myers, Florida , has hosted Boston's spring training, first at City of Palms Park , and since 2012 at JetBlue Park at Fenway South .