Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
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 The main entry to the stadium behind home plate.
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| Full name | Salt River Fields at Talking Stick |
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| Location | 7555 N. Pima Road Scottsdale, AZ 85258 PH# 480-270-5000 |
| Coordinates | 33°32′46″N 111°53′7″W / 33.54611°N 111.88528°WCoordinates: 33°32′46″N 111°53′7″W / 33.54611°N 111.88528°W |
| Owner | Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community |
| Capacity | 11,000 |
| Record attendance | 12,996 March 16, 2014 |
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Left Field – 345 feet (105 m) Left-Center – 390 feet (119 m) Center Field – 410 feet (125 m) Right-Center – 390 feet (119 m) Right Field – 345 feet (105 m) |
| Acreage | 140 acres |
| Surface | Bermuda Grass |
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| Broke ground | November 17, 2009 |
| Opened | Grand Opening February 11, 2011 First game February 26, 2011 |
| Construction cost | $100 million ($106 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | HKS, Inc. |
| General contractor | Mortenson Construction |
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Colorado Rockies (MLB) (spring training) (2011–present) Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB) (spring training) (2011–present) |
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| www.saltriverfields.com | |
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is a stadium complex located in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale, Arizona, at the former site of the Indian Bend Country Club. It serves as the Major League Baseball spring training facility for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies, replacing Tucson Electric Park for the Diamondbacks and Hi Corbett Field for the Rockies. The complex represents the first MLB park to be built on Native American Indian land.
In 2009 after the Chicago White Sox moved their spring training facilities from Tucson to Phoenix, the Diamondbacks and Rockies expressed their desire to leave Tucson. The teams began negotiations with multiple valley cities and Indian communities, with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community coming out on top with a 20-year commitment from the teams to the facility. Construction began on November 17, 2009 with a ground breaking ceremony by Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall, as an aggressive fast tracked schedule to get the stadium done by the 2011 spring training season began.
The field turf is made up of a specially engineered Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass grown in Eloy, Arizona. There are 7,000 fixed seats in the grandstand and 4,000 lawn seats for a total estimated seating capacity of 11,000, but March 24, 2013 drew a crowd given as 12,864. Luxury suites, three party pavilions, and a kids zone are further amenities. Each team has an 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) clubhouse (with offices, fitness, and locker rooms), six full size practice fields (one with the same dimensions as the respective teams home stadium), two infield only practice diamonds, batting cages. The Diamondbacks occupy the facilities along the left field and the Rockies are in the right field area. Several points of access to the stadium bring visitors in right through the middle of the practice fields and batting facilities. Additionally the complex also boasts two lit soccer fields and a 3-acre man made lake which is home to 17,000 fish.
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