Henley Field Ball Park, Sports venue in the United States
Henley Field is a baseball stadium in Lakeland, Florida, built in Mission Revival style with simple arches and a warm color palette. The venue features a modest grandstand with metal bleachers and wooden roof, surrounded by original concrete walls, with seating positioned close to the field for clear views.
Henley Field was built in 1922 at 1125 North Florida Avenue; Clare Henley encouraged its construction to attract a professional team, and the park was named for him in 1942. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 1997. The City of Lakeland announced in September 2015 that it would sell the field for $1 million to Florida Southern College, whose baseball team had used it for 55 years.
The park was named in 1942 for Clare Henley, who urged its construction to attract a professional team; he was not a pharmacist. The 1987 HBO film Long Gone used the field as the fictional Smythe Field, home of the Tampico Stogies.
Henley Field stands at 1125 North Florida Avenue, next to Bryant Stadium, about 2 km north of downtown Lakeland. Florida Southern College, which has used the park for its baseball team for over 55 years, bought the site from the city in 2015. The 2002 renovation cost $250,000 and let the Lakeland Tigers play here while Joker Marchant Stadium was rebuilt.
Henley Field stood in for the fictional Class D Tampico Stogies in the 1987 HBO film Long Gone, starring William Petersen and Virginia Madsen, and was renamed Smythe Field on screen. The ballpark was renovated before the 2002 season at a cost of $250,000 so the Lakeland Tigers could play there while Joker Marchant Stadium was rebuilt.
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