Sloan Park
With a capacity of 15,000, Sloan Park is the largest spring training stadium by capacity in Major League Baseball, surpassing Camelback Ranch in Glendale (coincidentally, spring training home of the Cubs' in-city rival the Chicago White Sox) by 2,000 seats.
The large capacity has allowed the Cubs to break spring training attendance records, drawing over 200,000 fans to Sloan Park in each of the park's first six seasons and again in 2023, attracting a Cactus League-record 250,893 fans in 2019, including a league-record 16,100 fans on March 25 vs. the Boston Red Sox. That single-game mark was shattered again on February 25, 2023, when the Cubs packed in 16,152 fans against the San Francisco Giants.
Formerly known as Cubs Park, on January 8, 2015, it was announced that Sloan Valve Company had signed a naming-rights deal to the ballpark, giving it its current Sloan Park name. The stadium is currently the newest stadium in the Cactus League. While it is home to these spring training games, it has also hosted some youth tournaments.
See also
References
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- ^ "Chicago Cubs Spring Training Facility and Riverview Site Development Riverview Park Tree Salvage - Project Number 10-554-001". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Tribune, Garin Groff (13 October 2011). "Mesa Council expected to approve Cubs deal Monday".
- ^ "Cubs Park dedicated in Mesa, ready for Spring Training's first pitch". Chicago Cubs. February 12, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ Stone, Kevin. "Record-setting Cubs power Cactus League to more than 1.7M fans in 2019". KTAR News. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Jasner, Andy. "Chicago Cubs set Cactus League Attendance Record". Inside the Cubs. FanNation. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Muskat, Carrie (January 8, 2015). "Cubs rename spring home Sloan Park". Major League Baseball. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ "Sloan Park". 17 January 2017.
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