Park Name: Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark Tenants: Daytona Tortugas (Florida State League) Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats (NCAA Division I- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) Opened: 1914 Grandstand Rebuilt: 1930, 1962 Address: 105 East Orange Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 Dimensions: 315' (L), 400' (C), 325' (R) Former Names: City Island Park (1914-1989) Former Tenants: Daytona Beach Islanders (Florida State League) 1920-1924 St. Louis Cardinals (Grapefruit League) 1925-1937 Daytona Beach Islanders (Florida State League) 1936-1941, 1946-1966 Brooklyn Dodgers (Grapefruit League) 1947 Baltimore Orioles (Grapefruit League) 1955 Daytona Beach Dodgers (Florida State League) 1968-1973 Montreal Expos (Grapefruit League) 1973-1980 Daytona Beach Islanders (Florida State League) 1977 Daytona Beach Astros (Florida State League) 1978-1984 Daytona Beach Islanders (Florida State League) 1985-1986 Daytona Beach Admirals (Florida State League) 1987 Daytona Beach Explorers (Senior Professional Baseball Association) 1990 Daytona Cubs (Florida State League) 1993-2014 The asymmetrical covered wooden grandstand at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, as seen from the left field corner. The main grandstand. The roof features electric fans and lights for the spectators in the stands below. A single "luxury box" at the top of the grandstand features an outfield wall decor and houses groups and birthday parties. A huge concrete grandstand sits down the third base line, added in increase the park's capacity when Spring Training returned to Daytona Beach in 1973. A statue of Jackie Robinson sits outside the gates of Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The park, named City Island Park at the time, was the first park in Florida to allow Robinson to play a Spring Training game with the Montreal Royals. The outer concourse behind the bleachers. Banners on the support posts celebrate former players who played at the Jack. The ballpark sits on Daytona Beach's City Island, and a riverwalk around the ballpark celebrates the life and career of Jackie Robinson. One exhibit allows fans to attempt to "steal home" on a 90ft basepath. The outfield at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Palm trees and a bridge provide the backdrop for a Daytona Tortugas game. The visitors bullpen in the right field corner and retired numbers on the light standards. Two numbers are retired for Jackie Robinson. His familiar number 42, and the number 9 he wore his first Spring Training with the Royals, when he integrated City Island Park. |
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