Jackie Robinson Stadium

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City Island Ball Park
(U.S. National Register of Historic Places)
A game between Bethune-Cookman University and Florida A&M University at the stadium
Location:	Daytona Beach, Florida United States
Built/Founded:	1915 (ball field) 1929 (grandstand)
Added to NRHP:	October 22, 1998
Reference #:	98001253

This article is about the stadium in Daytona Beach. For the UCLA baseball stadium, see Jackie Robinson Stadium (UCLA baseball).

The Jackie Robinson Stadium (also known as Jackie Robinson Ball Park or City Island Ball Park) is a historic baseball field in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It is located at 103 East Orange Avenue on City Island, in the Halifax River. The stadium was built in 1946 and holds 4,200 people. It is the home of the Daytona Cubs.

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier there during spring training in 1947. A statue of Robinson is now located outside the ballpark. On October 22, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. This property is part of the Daytona Beach Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.