Digital Domain Park

Digital Domain Park

Former names Thomas J. White Stadium (1988–2004)
Tradition Field (2005–2010)
Location 525 NW Peacock Boulevard
Port St. Lucie, Florida 34986
Broke ground December 19, 1986[1]
Opened March 5, 1988[1]
Owner St. Lucie County[1]
Operator St. Lucie Parks & Recreation Department[1]
Surface Grass
Construction cost $11 million
($20.4 million in 2012 dollars[2])
Architect Hoon & White
General Contractor Hunzinger Construction
Capacity 7,160
Field dimensions Left field: 338 feet (103 m)
Center field: 410 feet (120 m)
Right field: 338 feet (103 m)
Tenants
New York Mets (MLB) (spring training)
St. Lucie Mets (FSL) (1988-present)
GCL Mets (GCL) (1992-1999; 2004-present)
FHSAA Baseball Finals (FHSAA) (2009-present)

Digital Domain Park is a baseball stadium located in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The stadium was built in time for the 1988 season and holds 7,160 people. It is the Spring training home of the New York Mets, as well as the home to the St. Lucie Mets Class A team and the Gulf Coast Mets Rookie League team.

Thomas J. White, the person for whom the was stadium was originally named, was a politician in Florida who worked with sportswriter Jack Champion on the successful campaign to bring the Mets to Port St. Lucie. In 2004 the Mets changed the name of the venue to Tradition Field.

On March 23, 2010, during a Mets spring training game against the Atlanta Braves, it was announced that effective immediately the stadium would be renamed Digital Domain Park, as a result of a multi-year partnership between the Mets and Digital Domain.

Digital Domain Park

References

  1. ^ a b c d http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/spring/portstlucie.html
  2. ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.

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