Jackie Robinson Ballpark, baseball stadium on City Island, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Jackie Robinson Ballpark is a baseball ground on City Island in the Halifax River, entered through a wrought-iron gate between two square stone pillars with an arched sign reading "JACKIE ROBINSON BALLPARK". The 1962 grandstand has green steel columns under a corrugated canopy and rows of green-and-white seats above a pale stone wall.
City Island Ball Park opened on 4 June 1914 with a field and wooden bleachers; a road was built around it in the 1920s to handle car traffic. On 17 March 1946 Jackie Robinson played here for the Montreal Royals against the Dodgers, the first Florida city to let him play. The grandstand and press box date from 1962; the park joined the National Register in 1998 and became a National Commemorative Site in 2025.
The park sits on City Island in the Halifax River, reached from East Orange Avenue; the wrought-iron gate between two stone pillars marks the entrance, with a Robinson statue at the south entrance. The 1962 grandstand has a corrugated canopy over green steel columns, so daytime games offer little shade. Games are played by the Daytona Tortugas and Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.
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