BayCare Ballpark
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BayCare Ballpark is a baseball stadium located in Clearwater, Florida. The stadium was built in 2004 and has a maximum seating capacity of 8,500 people (7,000 fixed seats with additional grass berm seating for 1,500).
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Former names | Bright House Networks Field (2004–2013) Bright House Field (2013–2017) Spectrum Field (2017–2020) |
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Location | 601 Old Coachman Road Clearwater, FL 33765 |
Coordinates | 27°58′18″N 82°43′54″W |
Public transit | PSTA bus: 76 |
Owner | City of Clearwater[1] |
Operator | Philadelphia Phillies[2] |
Capacity | 8,500 |
Field size | Left – 329 ft. Left Center – 389 ft. Center – 408 ft. Right – 330 ft. |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | October 16, 2002 |
Opened | February 27, 2004 |
Construction cost | $28 million[1] ($45.2 million in 2023 dollars[3]) |
Architect | Populous Ewing Cole Cherry Brott |
Project manager | Stranix Associates[4] |
Services engineer | Bredson & Associates, Inc.[2] |
General contractor | Hunt Construction Group[2] |
Tenants | |
Clearwater Threshers (Florida State League) (2004–present) Philadelphia Phillies (MLB) (spring training) (2004–present) Big East tournament (2006, 2008–2013) AAC tournament (2014–present) |
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The ballpark is the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies, and also the home of their Class A affiliate, the Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League. A sculpture titled The Ace—by artist Kevin Brady—stands at the ballpark's west entrance plaza.[5]