Florida Spring Training Baseball Accommodatons
Florida Sunshine, Spring Baseball, Busch Gardens, and Golf.. we've got it all!
Baseball fans are traveling to Florida Spring Training Grapefruit League games in greater numbers than ever before. Nowhere else can Major League Baseball be enjoyed in small parks relatively unspoiled by commercialism. In spring, you've got all of the great regular reasons to visit Florida, PLUS spring baseball!
Each year in March, baseball teams migrate to warmer areas to prepare for the Baseball Season that begins in April. One of baseball's most popular spring training areas is Florida's "Grapefruit League". The Grapefruit League includes the Astros, Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Nationals, Phillies, Pirates, Reds, Blue Jays, The Rays, Indians, Orioles, Red Sox, Tigers, Twins, and Yankees. Generally, tickets are available at the various stadiums, such as Legends Field.
Grapefruit Game Locations listed by distance from the hotel
Whether you're coming to Tampa for business or your family vacation,- let Holiday Inn Expreses Inn & Suites be your home base for Florida Spring Training Baseball and Grapefruit League Games. We are conveniently located with easy access to I-4, I-75 and I-275, so getting around is easy.
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New York Yankees Baseball Spring Training at Legends Field -
Tampa • 18 mi
1 Steinbrenner Dr., Tampa 813-879-2244 (tickets)
Tampa's Legends Field, a state-of-the-art facility was constructed in 1996 as the site for the New York Yankees spring games and the Tampa Yankees of the Florida St. League. Legends Field is home to Yankee Legends for whom the field is named. Take a trip down memory lane as the greatest Yankees are honored with a retired number and plaque.
Philadelphia Phillies Baseball Spring Training at Bright House Networks Field -
Clearwater • 29 mi
601 Old Coachman Road, Clearwater 215-463-1000; 727-442-8496
Bright House Networks Field is the home for the Phillies' spring training games. The ballpark is located on the west side of U.S. Highway 19, adjacent to Carpenter Field. The Phillies have been training in Clearwater, FL since 1948. Carpenter Field, built in 1967, is used in spring training by the Phillies' major league and minor league players, a team in the Gulf Coast Rookie League and the Florida Instructional League.
Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Spring Training at Knology Park -
Dunedin • 30 mi
311 Douglas Ave, Dunedin 800-707-8269 (tickets)
Dunedin has been the only spring home for the Toronto Blue Jays. The Major League players workout at the Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex for a couple of weeks in February before moving to Knology Park for the spring training games. Then the minor league players take over the complex. Knology Park (formerly known as Dunedin Stadium) was built in 1990 on the same site as Grant Field. After spring training is over, Knology Park becomes the home of the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Class A Florida State League.
Cleveland Indians Baseball Spring Training at Chain of Lakes Park -
Winter Haven • 49 mi
500 Cletus Allen Rd. (off of Cypress Gardens Blvd.), Winter Haven 866-293-3900 (tickets)
Chain of Lakes Park is the seventh Spring Training home for the Cleveland Indians. The beautiful facility was first built in 1966 and then renovated in 1993, raising the seating capacity to 7,000. It's baseball the way you remember it. Chain of Lakes Park is a comfortable stadium where you are so close to the players you can literally reach out and touch them.
Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Spring Training at McKechnie Field -
Bradenton • 52 mi
1611 9th Street W, Bradenton 941-748-4610 (tickets)
McKechnie Field, named after Pittsburgh native, former Bradenton resident and Hall of Fame manager Bill McKechnie, was originally built in 1923 and was renovated to become one of baseball's finest facilities between 1991-93. There are no lights in this park, so day games are the only option.
Cincinnati Reds Baseball Spring Training at Ed Smith Stadium -
Sarasota • 66 mi
2700 12th St, Sarasota, FL 34237 941-954-4101
Ed Smith Stadium is a 53-acre site that maintains a national reputation as a premier baseball facility in the State of Florida and continues to be the mecca of baseball activity in the Sarasota area. As the Spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds since 1998, local residents and visitors from across the country and Canada have a chance to catch the action of their favorite teams and players in the relaxed atmosphere of beautiful Sarasota.
Atlanta Braves Baseball Spring Training at Cracker Jack Stadium -
Kissimmee • 69 mi
700 S. Victory Lane, Kissimmee, FL 941-954-4101
Cracker Jack Stadium is a baseball field located in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The stadium was built in 1997 and holds 9,500 people. It is the spring training home of the Atlanta Braves. Directions at Disney World are clear and plentiful, but there's no signage that points the direction to the ballpark. Instead, follow the signs to Wide World of Sports.
Tampa Bay Rays Baseball Spring Training at Charlotte Sports Park -
Port Charlottte • 101 mi
2300 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte, FL 888-326-7297 (tickets)
Beginning in 2009, the Tampa Bay Rays will play their home Spring Training games in Port Charlotte, Fla. Charlotte Sports Park, a newly renovated state-of-the-art facility, contains over 5,000 fixed seats and has additional berm seating along the first and third base lines, group party areas and a renovated suite level. The park is also the home of the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Florida State League.
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