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Camelback Ranch–Glendale is a baseball complex located in Phoenix, Arizona, and owned by the city of Glendale. 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.
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]
Arizona Diamondbacks (2011–present) Colorado Rockies (2011–present) Salt River Fields at Talking Stick [21] 11,000 Surprise: Kansas City Royals (2003–present) Texas Rangers (2003–present) Surprise Stadium [22] 10,500 Tempe: Los Angeles Angels (1993–present) Tempe Diablo Stadium [23] 9,785 Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers (1969–72)
Fitch Park is a baseball park complex and training facility located in Mesa, Arizona. [2] It is the spring training workout facility for Major League Baseball's Athletics.It is also the year-round home for the Athletics' minor league training and player development operations, the home ballpark of the Arizona League Athletics, and the spring training home for the Athletics' minor league ...
(became building on University of Tampa campus) Recreation Park: 1907 1930 San Francisco 15,000 Chicago White Sox (1909–10) Demolished (became public housing) Rendezvous Park: 1952 1976 Mesa, Arizona: Chicago Cubs (1952–1965) Oakland Athletics (1969–1976) Demolished (Became part of civic center, Mesa amphitheater) Rickwood Field: 1910 1920
The Arizona Republic also reported that more than $500 million was spent on “building eight new stadiums and renovating two others for the 15 teams in the Valley." [9] The 2011 Cactus League games set a new attendance record, with 1.59 million attending games at the various stadiums in the Phoenix metro area.
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.
First teams played at the field in 1937. Hi Corbett Field was originally called Randolph Municipal Baseball Park. [1] In 1951, it was renamed in honor of Hiram "Hi" Stevens Corbett (1886–1967), [1] a former Arizona state senator who was instrumental in bringing spring training to Tucson, specifically by convincing Bill Veeck to bring the Cleveland Indians to Tucson in 1947.