Baseball
If you know baseball, you know that before the MLB’s regular season games between the American and National leagues, professional baseball teams play their Spring Training season in either the Grapefruit or Cactus leagues. While Arizona is home to the Cactus League, Florida is home to the Grapefruit League.
Of the 15 MLB teams that form the Grapefruit League (founded in 1888) and the 13 stadiums in the state of Florida that host Spring Training for 5 weeks, Legacy Clearwater is located 10-25 minutes from 5 of them.
Plan a stay at Legacy Clearwater, and don’t forget to include a few of your favorite baseball team’s Spring Training season games! Because training facilities hold at least a fourth of the seating capacity of a major league stadium, and because players are more relaxed, Spring Training holds several benefits for fans to take full advantage of:
ball games are played from a much closer vantage point,
players are better able & willing to chat with fans,
it’s a chance to watch up & coming players play, and
tickets are much cheaper than regular season prices.
Make your trip to Clearwater memorable…a getaway that you’ll never forget! Check out the “MLB Spring Training” page of our website for information about each of these stadiums and a link to purchase tickets for each team. Here is the list of Grapefruit League training facilities located closest to Legacy Clearwater:
Philadelphia Phillies @ BayCare Park, Clearwater, FL — 10 minutes from condo
Toronto Bay Jays @ TD Ballpark, Dunedin, FL — 19 minutes from condo
Tampa Bay Rays @ Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL — 20 minutes from condo
Detroit Tigers @ Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, FL — 20 minutes from condo
New York Yankees @ George Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, FL — 25 minutes from condo
After chatting with several of our neighbors (and life-long Phillies fans) in Brigantine, NJ, Spring Training is an opportunity that baseball fans do not want to miss! With eyes that come alive and excitement in their voices, they’ve told me their stories of attending or volunteering, annually, at the Phillies facility in Clearwater. The conversations with the players, signed autographs, berm seating, and generally relaxed atmosphere is an experience that they’re happy to repeat again and again.
