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Ballpark of the Palm BeachesSpring Training home of the Astros and Nationals since 2017 Ballpark address: Opened: 2017 |
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The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches is a mile and a half from I-95, which itself is just a couple miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
Directions
Take I-95 to Exit 74 (45th Street) and drive west on 45th St. for 1½ miles. Turn left onto Haverhill Road and the ballpark can be accessed a short distance ahead on the left.
Parking
A big grass field adjacent to the Nationals' portion of the complex serves as the main parking lot, and it can be entered from either Haverhill Road or Military Trail. All general public parking occurs there. On the Astros' side of the complex is another lot, but it's a much smaller field that's usually reserved for those with parking passes. For those with a pass, including handicapped hang tags, the lot can be entered near the 45th Street/Haverhill Road intersection via the road where the ballpark's marquee sign resides. Signage will point everybody else to the general parking lot aside the Nationals' practice fields. Alas, there isn't any nearby off-site parking so the lots at the ballpark are your only option.
Cost: $10
Stadium Information
Just the second two-team facility ever to be constructed in Florida, The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches is responsible for getting the Astros and Nationals to leave their all-to-myself complexes in Kissimmee and Viera to jointly take up residence in a city that last hosted spring training baseball in 1997, after which the Braves and Expos left West Palm Beach. Bringing the Grapefruit League back to town cost precisely $148,577,137 to transform an approximately 160-acre site previously used as a landfill into baseball's newest spring training paradise. This one features a "grand" entry plaza on its third base side, where about 35,000 square feet of exterior space includes 30-foot tall sculptures of each team's logo. Inside the ballpark fans have plenty of open space to wander too along the venue's 360-degree concourse. Above a portion of it is a press box/party deck/suite structure and that second-story level greatly enhances shade within the confines of the place that has a name which works for both the city and county of its residence, as West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County are represented in "Ballpark of the Palm Beaches," which often includes "The" as part of its title. In February 2018, a corporation called FITTEAM Global paid to place their name in front of the ballpark's, so it's now officially FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches and should be for 12 years, as that's how long the locally-based dietary supplement maker signed on for.
Fast Facts
Types of Seating
All seats in the grandstand are of the modern stadium-style variety and are colored blue. General admission grass seating is available behind the outfield fence and along the left field line.
Notes about the seating
Sections and rows
A to V in section 100; A to Y in section 101; A to V in section 102; F to V in section 103; F to Y in section 104; F to V in section 105; A to Y in sections 106-107; A to V in section 108; A to Y in section 109; A to V in section 110; A to Y in sections 111-112; F to V in section 113; F to Y in section 114; F to V in section 115; F to Y in sections 116-117; F to V in section 118; F to Y in sections 119-120; A to Y in sections 121-122; N to Y in section 123
Seats in the shade
There's a good amount of shade here, with the "good" sections (102-116) having the majority of the shaded seats. The only sections with all of their seats in the sun for the whole game are the outfield-line based ones in 100 and 118-123. Otherwise, shade is section-dependent over the duration of the afternoon. The sections with the most all-game shade are 110-116, where rows N & up are always out of the sun. The very uppermost rows (V and higher) of sections 102-106 are shaded close to the typical 1:05 game time. The only other rows shaded then are found in sections 107 (T & up), 108 (R & up), and 109 (P & up). Many more seats become engulfed in shade as the game progresses, but they're mainly on the stadium's third base side. Around mid-game fans can typically expect to be out of the sun in these rows and higher: N in section 102, M in sections 103-104 and 106, P in section 105, L in section 107, and K in sections 108-110. Also by that time section 117 becomes shaded in rows Q and above, while the sun is blocked then from rows N & up in section 101 in seats numbered 9 and higher.
VIP seating
A half-dozen suites are housed in the upper level, with three apiece along the first and third baseline. In addition to the six suites, the upper level has a covered party deck at each of its ends. At field level, a seperated area has two rows of padded folding chairs set up behind drink rails. The seats there are sold as Field Box and they are in front of sections 116-120.
Game Day
Ballpark gates open roughly 2 hours before game time. Specifically, they open at 11:00 a.m. when a game is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.
Food, water and bag policy
Unique ballpark fare
A concession stand along each baseline on the concourse is named in honor of the hometowns of the ballpark's tenants. But there's not much creative or regionally-inspired cuisine found at either the Capitol Hill Grille or H-Town Grille. Instead, the best selection of flavorful food is concentrated behind home plate and down the right field line, where portable carts offer up more appetizing, or at least distinct, choices than what's found at the standard stands. However, the collective menu here is pretty lackluster by modern standards and the food is better known for being high in price than worthy of being high-priced. Pepsi is the ballpark's beverage partner, so that means refreshments of the soda variety include Mountain Dew, while Gatorade and Aquafina, a pair of other Pepsi products, are also concession stand staples. Noteworthy for adult drink drinkers, although it didn't open in 2017 as planned a full-service bar in left field will have 32 taps, thus ensuring a wide variety of cold beverage options there. Meanwhile, the first season list of draft beer choices that were actually found on the ballpark's premises were: Bud, Bud Light, Due South Category 3 IPA and Caramel Cream Ale, Goose IPA, Shiner Bock and Ruby Redbird, Shock Top Belgian White and Stella Artois.
2024 Nationals Spring Training Schedule(only home games at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches are listed) |
| February/March | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 24 Astros TBA Tickets |
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| 25 | 26 Mets TBA Tickets |
27 | 28 Red Sox TBA Tickets |
29 | 1 Astros TBA Tickets |
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| 3 Marlins TBA Tickets |
4 Cardinals TBA Tickets |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Cardinals TBA Tickets |
9 Marlins TBA Tickets |
| 10 | 11 | 12 Mets TBA Tickets |
13 | 14 Astros TBA Tickets |
15 | 16 Cardinals TBA Tickets |
| 17 Mets TBA Tickets |
18 | 19 | 20 Cardinals TBA Tickets |
21 Twins TBA Tickets |
22 | 23 Marlins TBA Tickets |
* For last season, single game tickets went on sale November 22. Links in calendar are to TicketNetwork inventory.
See the full 2024 Nationals Spring Training schedule
2024 Astros Spring Training Schedule(only home games at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches are listed) |
| February/March | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 25 Cardinals TBA Tickets |
26 | 27 Nationals TBA Tickets |
28 | 29 Mets TBA Tickets |
1 | 2 Cardinals TBA Tickets |
| 3 | 4 | 5 Marlins TBA Tickets |
6 Mets TBA Tickets |
7 | 8 | 9 Nationals TBA Tickets |
| 10 Marlins TBA Tickets |
11 Tigers TBA Tickets |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Phillies TBA Tickets |
16 Mets TBA Tickets |
| 17 | 18 Nationals TBA Tickets |
19 Marlins TBA Tickets |
20 | 21 | 22 Nationals TBA Tickets |
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| 24 Cardinals TBA Tickets |
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* For last season, single game tickets went on sale November 22. Links in calendar are to TicketNetwork inventory.
See the full 2024 Astros Spring Training schedule
Ballpark Area Info
The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches is reached from the interstate by 45th Street, which is very well developed already with shopping centers, hotels, fast food joints and other examples of commercialism, although the typical modern day urban development ceases at Military Trail, which is one of the two north/south running streets that border the Astros' and Nationals' new complex. The other is Haverhill Road, which is the address used for the ballpark's location and there's not really anything notable in the immediate vicinity on that side of the complex, as just a bunch of white buildings that make up an office park of the light industrial variety are across the street. On the Military Trail boundary side of the spring training facility, the quite sizable Palm Beach Lakes Community High School is on the opposite side of the street, which is parallel to the dual set of cloverleaf-style arranged fields used by both teams' minor leaguers.
Travelers' notes
 Hotels close to Ballpark of the Palm Beaches |
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| Distance | Hotel | Street Address | City/Zip | Phone |
| 1.5 miles | Holiday Inn Express | 2485 Metrocentre Blvd | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-472-7020 |
| 1.7 | SpringHill Suites | 2437 Metrocentre Blvd | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-689-6814 |
| 1.7 | Red Roof Inn Plus | 2421 Metrocentre Blvd | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-697-7710 |
| 1.8 | Days Inn | 2300 45th St | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-689-0450 |
| 4.8 | Best Western | 1800 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd | West Palm Beach, FL 33401 | 561-683-8810 |
| 7.1 | DoubleTree | 1808 S Australian Ave | West Palm Beach, FL 33409 | 561-689-6888 |
| 9.3 | Parkview Motor Lodge | 4710 S Dixie Hwy | West Palm Beach, FL 33405 | 561-833-4644 |
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 Restaurants close to Ballpark of the Palm Beaches |
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| Distance | Restaurant | Street Address | City/Zip | Phone |
| 0.7 miles | Romeo's Pizza | 5335 N Military Trail | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-688-9799 |
| 0.7 | Subway | 5335 N Military Trail | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-478-9628 |
| 1.1 | Healthy Habit Cafe | 3111 45th St | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-640-1007 |
| 1.2 | Pollo Tropical | 3085 45th St | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-689-3562 |
| 1.7 | Cracker Barrel | 2411 Metrocentre Blvd | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-686-0660 |
| 3.2 | Fish & More | 4705 N Australian Ave | West Palm Beach, FL 33407 | 561-840-0058 |
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 Airports close to Ballpark of the Palm Beaches |
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| Distance | Airport | Airport Code | ||
| 8.5 miles | Palm Beach International | PBI | ||
| 54.1 | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International | FLL | ||
| 74.3 | Miami International | MIA | ||
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