Spring Training Baseball – Florida
The Ultimate Guide to where the teams are playing and how to get tickets
Spring Training Baseball – Florida, known as The Grapefruit League consists of 15 teams that train in 14 stadiums in various cities of Florida. During the months of February and March, continuing a 100 year old tradition, the State of Florida plays host to 15 Major League Baseball teams for their annual Spring Training. More than 1.5 million fans attend games annually throughout the state.
The teams playing in 2015 for the Grapefruit League are Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals.
The teams will be playing at the Stadiums listed below.
Bright House Field, Clearwater – Philadelphia Phillies
Champion Stadium, Lake Buena Vista – Atlanta Braves
Charlotte Sports park, Port Charlotte – Tampa Bay Rays
Tradition Field, Port St. Lucie – New York Mets
Ed Smith Stadium, Sarasota – Baltimore Orioles
Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, Dunedin – Toronto Blue Jays
George M Steinbrenner Stadium, Tampa – NY Yankees
Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers – Minnesota Twins
Jet Blue Park, Fort Myers – Boston Red Sox
Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland – Detroit Tigers
Osceola County Stadium, Kissimmee – Houston Astros
Roger Dean Stadium, JupiterMiami Marlins –
Space Coast Stadium, Viera – Washington Nationals
McKechnie Field, Bradenton – Pittsburgh Pirates
Host Cities; Florida
The climate of Florida is mostly humid due to the fact that it has the largest coastline in USA and is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Florida is host to many types of wildlife including dolphins, whales, panthers and alligators.
One of the major tourist attraction in Florida, other than the world famous beaches is the Everglades National Park. In the United States, it is the largest tropical wilderness park, the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River, and is visited on average by about one million people every year.
All of the host cities have something amazing to offer while you are watching your favorite teams train. Tampa’s major attractions includes visiting the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Lettuce Lake Park, Wat Mongkolrata Temple and Busch Gardens.
Check out the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Encounters With Dolphins or Mocassin Lake Nature Park if you are watching the training in Clearwater.
Or Fort Myers River District, Lakes Regional Park and Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Fort Myers.
The most important thing to keep in mind while planning your trip is to take extra clothes, cameras, swimsuits and hair products for the humid weather and to purchase your tickets from a stable ticket agency. Eseats has been in ticket business for over 15 years and is backed by NATO and BBB. Thanks to our network of qualified ticket suppliers worldwide, eSeats.com has been providing fans with authentic and guaranteed tickets to the top sports, concert and theater events since 2001.
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All information is accurate as of now, but is subject to change.
