After the Giants left in 1927, the Boston Red Sox called Payne Park their spring training home from 1933 until 1958 and were followed by the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. John McGraw’s New York Giants held spring training at Payne Park from 1924 through 1927 at the persuasion of one of his good friends John Ringling. Sarasota has a long history of spring training baseball dating back to the 1920’s and Calvin Nathaniel Payne. Other changes include the installation of 7,100 seats recycled from Oriole Park at Camden Yards. On Sunday, the two teams completed one game of a scheduled doubleheader in Oriole Park.
The new structure also has a roof extension and a wrap-around apron to address frequent complaints that the stadium doesn’t have enough shaded areas. The skimpy box office take did not concern Roy or his teammates. without the inconvenience of waiting at the box office. One of the defining features is an entrance way behind home plate allowing fans walking into the stadium to immediately get a glimpse of the whole field.īallpark walls were extended toward the street, giving the facility an indoor concourse and a second-floor facade features additional concessions and bathrooms. The Providence park was adjacent to three horsecar lines, one of which built a spur right up to.
It maintains a national reputation as a premier baseball facility and continues to be the mecca of baseball activity in the this area.Ī $31.2 million renovation of Ed Smith Stadium between the 20 Spring Training seasons offers fans a classic ballpark feel while paying homage to Sarasota’s architectural history. Home to the Baltimore Orioles, the nationally-acclaimed Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a venue that incorporates the best of the old and new in its design.
The 53-acre site houses the stadium and the surrounding spring-training complex with four-and-a-half practice fields and 35,000 square feet of clubhouses and office space. Attending a Orioles Game at Ed Smith Stadium