Park Name: Ed Smith Stadium Tenants: Baltimore Orioles (Grapefruit League) Opened: 1989 Address: 2700 12th Street, Sarasota, Florida 34237 Dimensions: 340' (L), 400' (C), 340' (R) Former Tenants: Sarasota White Sox (Florida State League) 1989-1993 Chicago White Sox (Grapefruit League) 1989-1997 Sarasota Red Sox (Florida State League) 1994-2004 Cincinnati Reds (Grapefruit League) 1998-2009 Sarasota Reds (Florida State League) 2005-2009 The Orioles completely renovated the stadium when they moved in before 2010, replacing all the seating with former seats from Camden Yards and adding several rows of seats in what was the grandstand concourse. Group table seating wraps around the left field foul pole, overlooking the bullpen and the playing field. Palm trees and umbrellas along the concourse provide shade from the March sun during a Spring Training game. The renovations ahead of the Orioles arrival included the addition of an entrance pavilion, with banners celebrating past Orioles championships. The renovations also added a wide new outer concourse in what was previously open area behind the grandstand. A mural on the lower concourse shows the location of all the Spring Training parks in Florida's Grapefruit League. Instead of being mounted on the outfield wall, the line scoreboard replaces a section of the fence, making the wall taller in that section. The video board sits above it. |
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