Fort Lauderdale Stadium
26°11′44″N 80°9′40″W / 26.19556°N 80.16111°W / 26.19556; -80.16111
Center - 401 ft.
Right - 320 ft.
Fort Lauderdale Yankees (FSL) 1962–1992
Fort Lauderdale Red Sox (FSL) 1993
Baltimore Orioles (AL) (spring training) 1996–2009
Federal League Semi-Pro Baseball 1996–2010
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (training) 2010–2016
Fort Lauderdale Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, next to Lockhart Stadium which was built for soccer and outdoors events.
The stadium was demolished in June 2019 as part of the construction of Inter Miami CF Stadium for Inter Miami CF.[3]
The New York Yankees announced in March 1961 they would move their spring training location from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where a new stadium would be built for the team at an estimated cost of $500,000 with 4,000 covered seats and 4,000 bleacher seats.[4]
The Yankees trained at the stadium between 1962 and 1995.
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the minor league Florida State League played home games in the stadium from 1962 through 1992. The Fort Lauderdale Red Sox played home games there in 1993, after an unsuccessful attempt to move from Winter Haven to Fort Myers (they ended up the following year in Sarasota).
The Baltimore Orioles held spring training at the stadium from 1996 to 2009.[5]
Fort Lauderdale Stadium was last leased to Traffic Sports USA (owners of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers) in June 2011.
References
- ^ "Venues - NASL - USA - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ a b Hurtibise, Ron (May 4, 2019). "Say goodbye to Fort Lauderdale's 'Yankee' and Lockhart stadiums". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, FL. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ Kepner, Tyler (October 22, 2019). "Nationals' Juan Soto Goes From Tiniest Stage to Biggest". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
It was demolished a few months ago
- ^ "Yanks Plan to Shift to Ft. Lauderdale Site". Philadelphia Inquirer. March 20, 1961. pp. 30–31.
- ^ Talalay, Sarah (February 17, 2010). "Spring training opens, but not at Fort Lauderdale Stadium". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, FL. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
External links
- Fort Lauderdale Stadium on Strikers' Website
- Fort Lauderdale Stadium at Ballparks of Baseball
- Fort Lauderdale Stadium at Digital Ballparks
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