Bright House Field
 
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| Former names | Bright House Networks Field (2004–13) Bright House Field (2013–17) Spectrum Field (2017–) |
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| Location | 601 Old Coachman Road Clearwater, FL 33765 |
| Coordinates | 27°58′18″N 82°43′54″W / 27.97167°N 82.73167°WCoordinates: 27°58′18″N 82°43′54″W / 27.97167°N 82.73167°W |
| Owner | City of Clearwater |
| Operator | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Capacity | 8,500 |
| Field size | Left – 329 ft. Left Center – 389 ft. Center – 408 ft. Right – 330 ft. |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | October 16, 2002 |
| Opened | February 27, 2004 |
| Construction cost |
$28 million ($35.5 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect |
Populous Ewing Cole Cherry Brott |
| Project manager | Stranix Associates |
| Services engineer | Bredson & Associates, Inc. |
| General contractor | Hunt Construction Group |
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Clearwater Threshers (FSL) (2004–present) Philadelphia Phillies (MLB) (spring training) (2004–present) Big East tournament (2006, 2008–2013) AAC tournament (2014–present) |
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Spectrum Field (formerly Bright House Networks Field and Bright House Field) is a baseball stadium located in Clearwater, Florida, in the United States. The stadium was built in 2004 and has a maximum seating capacity of 8,500 people (7,000 fixed seats with additional grass berm seating for 1,500).
The ballpark is the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies, and also the home of their Class A affiliate, the Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League. A sculpture titled The Ace—by artist Kevin Brady—stands at the ballpark's west entrance plaza.
The stadium was originally named after the regional / national cable company, Bright House Networks, whose local head end center is located just to the south of the stadium.
It was announced on January 20, 2004, that Bright House Networks had secured the naming rights for the new ballpark. Under the terms of the agreement, Bright House Networks would pay the Phillies $1.7 million over 10 years with an option for two 5-year renewals. The City of Clearwater receives one-third of the payment.
In 2017, the complex was renamed Spectrum Field after Bright House was purchased by Charter Communications. While named for Charter's residential service, the name invoked memories of the Spectrum arena that operated from 1967 to 2009 at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, which the Phillies have called home since 1971.
Spectrum Field is the Phillies' third Clearwater spring-training home. The team moved to Clearwater in 1947. They trained and played home games at Clearwater Athletic Field from 1947 to 1954. The City of Clearwater opened a new ballpark for spring training in 1955 and named it Jack Russell Stadium. (The ballpark was renamed Jack Russell Memorial Stadium in 1990.) With the stadium aging, the Phillies and the city erected their new spring home adjacent to the Phillies' year-round training facility, the Carpenter Complex, four-miles east of Jack Russell Memorial Stadium.
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