Legends Field
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| Former names | Legends Field (1996–2008) |
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| Location | 1 Steinbrenner Drive Tampa, FL 33614 |
| Coordinates | 27°58′49″N 82°30′24″W / 27.98028°N 82.50667°WCoordinates: 27°58′49″N 82°30′24″W / 27.98028°N 82.50667°W |
| Owner | New York Yankees |
| Operator | New York Yankees |
| Capacity | 11,026 (2007–present) 10,200 (1996–2006) |
| Field size |
Left Field – 318 feet (97 m) Left-Center – 399 feet (122 m) Center Field – 408 feet (124 m) Right-Center – 385 feet (117 m) Right Field – 314 feet (96 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 22, 1994 |
| Opened | March 1, 1996 |
| Renovated | 2016 |
| Construction cost | $30 million ($45.8 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Lescher & Mahoney |
| Structural engineer | MC Engineers, Inc. |
| Services engineer | Colwill Engineering |
| General contractor | Case Contracting Company |
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New York Yankees (MLB) (spring training) (1996–present) Tampa Yankees (FSL) (1996–present) Gulf Coast Yankees (GCL) (1996–present) FC Tampa Bay (NASL) (2010) |
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George M. Steinbrenner Field (formerly known as Legends Field), is a baseball stadium located in Tampa, Florida across Dale Mabry Highway from Raymond James Stadium, home of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The ballpark was built in 1996 and holds 11,026 people with an addition in right field built in 2007. This ballpark is the largest spring training ballpark in Florida.
George M. Steinbrenner Field serves as the home of the Tampa Yankees, the New York Yankees' affiliate in the Class A Advanced Florida State League, and is the Yankees' spring training home.
Tampa was the first spring training site in Florida, beginning in 1913 with the Chicago Cubs. In the ensuing decades, the city hosted several different Major League Baseball teams for spring training and was home to several different minor league squads during the summer, first at Plant Field near downtown and later at Al Lopez Field near West Tampa. This era came to an end in 1988 when, after almost 30 years in Tampa, the Cincinnati Reds moved to new training facilities in Plant City, Florida and transferred operation of the Tampa Tarpons, their local minor league affiliate in the Florida State League, to the Chicago White Sox. In 1989, the Tarpons moved to Sarasota, Florida and Al Lopez Field was razed, leaving the city with no professional baseball teams and no large baseball venue.
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