 Charlotte
Sports Park
Melbourne, FL
In 2009, an old
spring training stadium was revived as the Tampa Bay Rays
moved to Port Charlotte from Al Lang Field in Tampa. Built in
1988, the Charlotte Sports Park was the spring training home
of the Texas Rangers until 2001. The stadium sat empty after
the Rangers moved their spring training operations to
Arizona. Over $27 million was spent renovating the stadium
in order to bring it up to par as other Spring Training
ballparks.
Charlotte Sports Park features a wraparound berm in the
leftfield corner, open-air concourses, a children's play
area team officials hope will become "autograph alley" and
more than 1,500 on-site parking spots. With suites and group
party areas, the overall capacity is about 6,800. |
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