George M. Steinbrenner Field, Spring training baseball field in Tampa, United States
George M. Steinbrenner Field is a baseball stadium in Tampa that serves primarily as a spring training home for the New York Yankees. The facility seats around 11,000 people and includes 13 luxury suites with views of a field designed to match the proportions of Yankee Stadium.
The stadium opened in 1996 when the New York Yankees played their first spring training game at the venue against Cleveland. It was built to give the team a permanent home for their Florida-based training season.
The stadium is named after George Steinbrenner, the Yankees owner and Tampa resident, renamed on March 27, 2008, while he was in failing health. A life-size bronze statue of Steinbrenner was placed in front of the stadium in January 2011, after his death in July 2010. The ballpark was known as Legends Field for its first dozen years.
The ballpark sits on Dale Mabry Highway, directly across from Raymond James Stadium, on Tampa's north side. The 2016–2017 renovation added shaded areas, an upgraded entry plaza and outfield concourse, and bullpen clubs on both the first-base and third-base sides; the lower tier of each club has a full bar open to all ticket holders. The 2024–2025 work added floor-to-ceiling windows in the two-story weight room and a 2,400 sq ft patio overlooking the practice field known as Field 2.
After Hurricane Milton damaged Tropicana Field in October 2024, the Rays played their 2025 season here, making it the smallest ballpark in MLB at 11,026 seats. Kameron Misner hit a walk-off home run on March 28, 2025, the first major league homer at the stadium, in a 3–2 win before 10,046 fans.
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