Left Field: 343 ft Left-Center Field: 384 ft Center Field: 414 ft Right-Center Field: 384 ft Right Field: 343 ft
Surface
Grass
Construction
Broke ground
July 20, 1986[1]
Opened
March 6, 1987
Renovated
2008–09
Construction cost
$5 million ($13.4 million in 2023 dollars[2]) $27.2 million (renovation) ($38.6 million in 2023 dollars[2])
Architect
Populous
Structural engineer
Bliss & Nyitray, Inc (renovation)
General contractor
Gilbane Building Co.[1]
Tenants
Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) (Spring Training) (2009–present) Charlotte Stone Crabs (FSL) (2009–2020) FCL Rays (FCL) (2009–present) Texas Rangers (MLB) (Spring Training) (1987–2002) Charlotte County Redfish (SCL) (2007) Charlotte Rangers (FSL) (1987–2002)
Charlotte Sports Park (formerly known as Charlotte County Stadium and Ranger Stadium) is a baseball stadium in Port Charlotte, Florida. The stadium is the home field for Tampa Bay Rays spring training operations, as well as its Rookie-class Florida Complex League Rays teams. From 2009 to 2020, it also hosted the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.[3]
Originally built in 1987, the main stadium underwent a renovation that was completed in January 2009 at a cost of $27 million.[4]
Prior to the Rays, the stadium was home to Texas Rangers spring training exhibition games and the team's minor league affiliate Charlotte Rangers. The ballpark has also hosted college baseball tournaments and the South Coast League Charlotte County Redfish.
^ abSnyder, Jack (July 21, 1986). "Construction". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
^ ab1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda(PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States(PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^Maffezzoli, Dennis (December 10, 2020). "Stone Crabs no longer part of Florida State League". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
^"Charlotte Stone Crabs".
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