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STEINBRENNER FIELD Capacity 10,200 Year Opened 1996 Dimensions 318L, 399LC, 408C, 385RC, 314R Surface Grass Local Airport Tampa Tickets On Sale To be announced. Ticket Sales 813/879-2244, 800/96-YANKS Ticket Prices To be announced. Web Site www.legendsfieldtampa.com Address 1 Steinbrenner Dr., Tampa. Directions Take I-275 to North Dale Mabry (U.S. Hwy. 92), exit 41B (old 23). Proceed north approximately three miles. Steinbrenner Field will be on your left, directly across from Raymond James Stadium. Follow the signs for parking, as you'll park on the opposite side of Dale Mabry from the ballpark.

George Steinbrenner isn't afraid to spend money -- Raul Mondesi is certainly evidence of a hyperactive pocketbook -- but Steinbrenner Field is an example of money spent well. It's basically a miniature Yankee Stadium: the outfield fences are the same dimensions as those in Yankee Stadium, the grandstand has two levels and comprises most of the seating in the stadium, the decorative elements ringing the grandstand is exactly like those found at Yankee Stadium, a Monument Park honoring former Yankee greats is located behind the grandstand, and there are 12 luxury suites that are way too overbuilt for the Florida State League.

In fact, there are no bleacher seats or general-admission seating at all in Steinbrenner Field, as all the seats are reserved armchair seating. Box seats and field seats have padding.

Locationwise, Steinbrenner Field is centrally located in Tampa. It's located only three miles from the airport and directly across from Raymond James Stadium (home of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers), so if you fly into Tampa chances are good you'll see it from the airplane during your approach.

The New York Yankees have held spring training in the following locations: Baltimore (1901); Savannah, Ga. (1902); Atlanta (1903-1904); Montgomery, Ala. (1905); Birmingham, Ala. (1906); Atlanta (1907-1908); Macon, Ga. (1909); Athens, Ga. (1910-1911); Atlanta (1912); Hamilton, Bermuda (1913); Houston (1914); Savannah, Ga. (1915); Macon, Ga. (1916-1918); Jacksonville (1919-1920); Shreveport (1921); New Orleans (1922-1923); St. Petersburg (1924-1942); Asbury Park, N.J. (1943); Atlantic City (1944-1945); St. Petersburg (1946-1950); Phoenix (1951); St. Petersburg (1952-1961); Ft. Lauderdale (1962-1995); Tampa (1996-present).

The same facility had two names while the Yankees held spring training in St. Petersburg: Miller Huggins Field (shown above) and Crescent Lake Field (below). The clubhouse there still stands with some original lockers used by the likes of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

Steinbrenner Field has been the spring-training home of the New York Yankees since it opened. Before that the Yankees trained at Fort Lauderdale Stadium, currently the spring-training home of the Baltimore Orioles.

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