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Pirate City is the site of minor league and spring training activities for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League.The complex is located in Bradenton, Florida, and serves as the site of the Pirates spring training workouts, while nearby LECOM Park (formerly known as McKechnie Field) is the site of the team's home spring training games.
Spring Training 2019 at LECOM Park. LECOM Park is a baseball field located in Bradenton, Florida.It is the spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates and is named after a 15-year naming rights deal was signed with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, which has its main campus in Erie, Pennsylvania, and also a campus in Bradenton. [2]
The Florida Complex League Pirates are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. Prior to 2021, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Pirates. The team plays its home games in Bradenton, Florida, at the Pirate City complex.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have had their spring training facilities in Bradenton, Florida, since in 1969, when the city met with Pirates' general manager Joe Brown and owner John W. Galbreath and both sides agreed to a lease of 40 years, with an option for another 40 years.
Pittsburgh’s affiliates include the low-Class A Bradenton Pirates, the high-Class A Greensboro Grasshoppers, Class AA Altoona Curve and Class AAA Indianapolis Indians.
Since 1969, the Pirates have held Spring Training at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida, which is also used for the Pirates' minor league team, the Bradenton Marauders. Constructed in 1923, LECOM Park is the oldest stadium still in use for Spring Training and the second-oldest minor league park, behind only Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona ...
The festivities aren’t limited to Thanksgiving Day. For an entire week leading up to the game, fans visiting the on-site 1919 Kitchen & Tap, which is open at the stadium year-round, can order a ...