BayCare Ballpark

Parking
The small paved lots on both sides of the ballpark fill up fast and generally aren't available to the public anyway. For example, the lot on the first base side is only for suite holders and those with handicapped permits. So the likely destination for most people is the grass field across the street, which is a part of the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex. Nearby is the Clearwater campus of St. Petersburg College and game day parking is available in its commuter lot. Two lesser known and utilized parking options can be found at the team's minor league complex and Northeast Coachman Park. The minor league complex is next door to BayCare Ballpark, the city park is a 0.3 mile walk away from the minor league complex.
 Cost: $10 (stadium/complex/college) or $5 at NE Coachman Park (where all spaces are shaded by trees)

2024 Phillies Spring Training Schedule (only home games at BayCare Ballpark are listed)

February/March
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
25 Yankees 1:05 Tickets	26	27	28 Braves 1:05 Tickets	29	1 Marlins 1:05 Tickets	2 Twins 1:05 Tickets
3	4	5 Orioles 1:05 Tickets	6	7	8 Astros 1:05 Tickets	9 Blue Jays 1:05 Tickets
10	11 Yankees 1:05 Tickets	12	13 Tigers 1:05 Tickets	14 Red Sox 1:05 Tickets	15	16
17 Blue Jays 1:05 Tickets	18 Pirates 1:05 Tickets	19	20	21 Rays 1:05 Tickets	22 Tigers 1:05 Tickets	23
24 Blue Jays 1:05 Tickets	25 Rays 12:05 Tickets

* For last season, single game tickets went on sale December 8. Links in calendar are to TicketNetwork inventory.
See the full 2024 Phillies Spring Training schedule

Stadium Information
Bright House Field raised the bar for ballpark standards in the Grapefruit League. It has many features that are commonplace at ballparks in Arizona, but were previously foreign to those in Florida. The concourse completely wraps around the stadium and is open to the playing field. The berm encompasses most of the outfield, not just one side. The bullpens are cut into the berm, literally putting fans on top of the relievers. The extremely popular Frenchy's Tiki Pavilion, a full service bar, is between the bullpens and left field foul pole. Picnic table seating is available on a terrace, an area for kids is behind it, and there's even a small upper deck with club level seating. This ballpark has it all, including an attractive Spanish Mediterranean exterior and a fountain plaza landscaped with palm trees. The stadium is named after Bright House Networks, the locally dominant cable television company that paid $1.7 million for the first 10 years of naming rights. The ballpark was called Bright House Networks Field for its first five spring trainings before its name was officially shortened to Bright House Field, which will continue to be the name through 2018 thanks to a five-year renewal option that was exercised.

Fast Facts

Practice Fields

Types of Seating
All seats in the grandstand have chair backs and armrests. A large berm extends from left-center field to near the right field foul pole.

Notes about the seating

Sections and rows

Tickets

Seats to avoid
In the whole stadium, there are exactly 24. They're all in section 103 and row 1, where most of seats 1-24 are behind the tarp, which is about a foot taller than the retaining wall in front of the seats. Even at normal adult male height, you can't see the right field line in front of you because of the tarp obstruction. For women and children the view would be much worse, so the front row seats in section 103 are definitely not good. However, either seats 1-4 or 21-24 in that row are okay, since the tarp spans only 20 seats. But you can't know in advance exactly where the grounds crew will rest the tarp, other than it's always in front of section 103, so to be safe stay away from any seat in row 1 of that section.

Seats under cover and in the shade
The second deck overhangs rows 18 & up in sections 108-112 and rows 19 & up in sections 105-107. The handicapped seating platforms at the top of sections 108-112 are also covered by the overhang. All open-air club and suite seats (200-level) have a roof over them. At the beginning of the game the sun will be above the first base side of the grandstand, a position that enables rows 13 & up in sections 104-110 and rows 15 & up in sections 111-112 to be shaded. That's prior to daylight saving time. Once clocks have moved forward an hour (most games are played after DST begins), then rows that are shaded at the beginning of a 1:05 game are: 10 & up in sections 104-109, 11 & up in section 110, 13 & up in section 111, 15 & up in section 112, and row 17 only in section 113. By mid-game, plenty more seats in sections 109 to 115 will become shaded, while the rows shaded everywhere at the beginning of the game always stay out of the shifting sun.

VIP seating
Padded seats comprise all of the seating in the stadium's second deck, where three sections of Club seats and nine suites reside. Five tiers of drink rail seating on the left field Tiki Pavilion that used to be available on a first-come, first-serve basis are now sold as Tiki Terrace. The Tiki Bar itself has seating for 75 people and its chairs still fill up on a first-come, first-serve basis. Fans in the Hooters VIP Diamond Dugout, which is next to the Phillies' dugout, enjoy all you can eat ballpark food, complimentary programs and wait service provided by two Hooters girls. Atop section 120 is seating for 30 people in the Palm Pavilion Patio, where drink rails with 12 deck chairs are behind five semi-circular tables that are paired with 18 swiveling stadium seats.

Game Day
Gates open 2½ hours before game time, which is about midway through Phillies batting practice. So based on the usual time that games start -- at 1:05 p.m. -- the exact gate opening time for them is 10:35 a.m.

Food, drink and bag policy

Getting autographs
Phillies players sign en masse before the game for fans gathered down the left field line in sections 118-120. The half-hour before the game starts is the best time to be at the bottom of those three sections, although a sign at the top of them pronounces that the "autograph area must be clear by 12:20" and ushers stationed there more often than not enforce that policy by preventing non-ticket holders from entering, with small kids usually being allowable exceptions. Everyone else has to be more creative in getting down to the semi-official autograph area after 12:20. Cruising by a distracted usher or walking over from an adjacent section are the creative options. Postgame autographs are more scarce and the best place to be is at the edge of the third base grandstand, where a Phillies player or two will sign for fans on their way to their clubhouse in the left field corner. The tunnel to the visitors' clubhouse is in their dugout. Any autograph opportunities will occur near it in section 104.

Outside the ballpark, there's one more spot Phillies fans can try for autographs following the game. Those willing to linger at the black wrought iron fence at the player parking lot will occasionally be rewarded, as players have to walk by fans waiting there to get the keys to their car from the valet station in the players' lot, which is on the third base side of the ballpark, from which the Phillies exit their clubhouse through a door near the half-field. There will usually be a small crowd waiting with things to sign at the fence, and the area where fans stand and wait is a pretty short walk from the stadium's main (West) gate.

Finally, it must be mentioned that a great place to get autographs -- before, after, and sometimes during the game -- is the Picnic Terrace along the left field line, but it's restricted to "properly ticketed guests only" and the all picnic table seating there is sold to groups only. That's unfortunate for most people, as the four tiers of picnic tables in what's referred to as section P1 are the best place in BayCare Ballpark to get home team autographs, as that section extends down next to the field level area on the warning track that Phillies players use to enter and exit their clubhouse. So if you're going with a group, check into the Picnic Terrace if getting autographs appeals to anybody in it, and remember "P1" is the autograph heaven section in the stadium.

Phillies Spring Training Autographs

Unique ballpark fare
It wouldn't be a Phillies game without a cheesesteak and they are always available in the food court behind home plate. The best variety of food can be found down the right field line, as five different stands are in the building that has the Strike Out Cafe sign atop it. Head there for sandwiches and barbeque you can't get elsewhere. Younger fans are catered to in left field, where the Short Stop Snacks stand serves up kids meals at kid-friendly prices. For the 21 & up crowd, the third base concourse's Beers of the World sells over 100 types of bottled beer plus has eight beers on tap (in 2015, they are Blue Point Toasted Lager, Goose Island IPA, Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy, Stella Artois, Victory HopDevil IPA, Yuengling Black & Tan, New Belgium's Fat Tire Ale and Slow Ride IPA). Bud, Bud Light and Philly fav Yuengling can be found on draft throughout the ballpark, as can Coca-Cola.

Ballpark Area Info
BayCare Ballpark is among a Mecca of commercial development...and clutter. No matter which direction you're coming from you're likely to get stuck in traffic, especially leaving the ballpark. Fittingly, given the commercialism of US Hwy 19, a Buffalo Wild Wings, LA Fitness and Floor & Decor all share the stadium's paved South side parking lot, from which the first base entrance gate is accessed. Fans can wait out the post-game traffic at Buffalo Wild Wings or just remain inside the stadium, where the Frenchy's Tiki Pavilion stays open for a good while after the game, sometimes with entertainment (a band or DJ) to boot. For a much more serene setting, you merely have to go across the street from the Carpenter Complex, as on the other side of Old Coachman Road from the Phillies' minor league facility there is an unspoiled by design nature area in which plenty of plant and wildlife can be found around a 12.6-acre pond that's part of the Alligator Creek Drainage Basin. The overall site is 16.3 acres large and within it trees and plants are marked with signage so you'll know what you're seeing in addition to the numerous species of birds and other living creatures that can be seen within the peaceful watershed.

Travelers' notes

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Distance	Hotel	Street Address	City/Zip	Phone
0.7 miles	La Quinta Inn	21338 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-799-1565
0.9	SureStay Plus	21030 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-315-4343
0.9	Clarion Inn & Suites	20967 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-799-1181
1.3	Super 8	22950 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-228-9304
1.9	Econo Lodge	2061 Gulf to Bay Blvd	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-446-8007
1.9	Days Inn	2940 Gulf to Bay Blvd	Clearwater, FL 33759	727-228-9290
1.9	Clearwater Inn	2960 Gulf to Bay Blvd	Clearwater, FL 33759	727-797-2605
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Restaurants close to BayCare Ballpark
Distance	Restaurant	Street Address	City/Zip	Phone
0.1 miles	Buffalo Wild Wings	21688 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-723-9100
0.2	Sports Legends	2571 Drew St	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-724-6177
0.45	El Huarache Azteca	22097 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-444-0970
0.45	Lenny's Restaurant	21220 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-799-0402
0.75	IHOP	22996 US Hwy 19 N	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-725-8821
0.75	Chick-Fil-A	2516 Gulf to Bay Blvd	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-723-1992
0.75	Oriental Super Buffet	2456 Gulf to Bay Blvd	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-725-2083
0.8	Benedict's	768 N Belcher Rd	Clearwater, FL 33765	727-441-1644
0.8	Perkins	2626 Gulf to Bay Blvd	Clearwater, FL 33759	727-799-2019
0.8	Panera Bread	2679 Gulf to Bay Blvd	Clearwater, FL 33759	727-723-9495
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Airports close to BayCare Ballpark
Distance	Airport		Airport Code
5.2 miles	St. Petersburg-Clearwater International		PIE
12.0	Tampa International		TPA
42.2	Sarasota Bradenton International		SRQ
91.4	Orlando International		MCO

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