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Digital Domain Park 
Former names Thomas J. White Stadium (1988–2004)
Tradition Field (2005–2010)Location 525 NW Peacock Boulevard
Port St. Lucie, Florida 34986Coordinates 27°19′31.01″N 80°24′16.18″W / 27.3252806°N 80.4044944°WCoordinates: 27°19′31.01″N 80°24′16.18″W / 27.3252806°N 80.4044944°W Broke ground December 19, 1986[1] Opened March 5, 1988[1] Owner St. Lucie County[1] Operator St. Lucie Parks & Recreation Department[1] Surface Grass Construction cost $11 million
($20.4 million in 2011 dollars[2])Architect Hoon & White General Contractor Hunzinger Construction Capacity 7,160 Field dimensions Left field: 338 feet (103 m)
Center field: 410 feet (120 m)
Right field: 338 feet (103 m)Tenants New York Mets (MLB) (spring training)
St. Lucie Mets (FSL) (1988-present)
GCL Mets (GCL) (1992-1999; 2004-present)
FHSAA Baseball Finals (FHSAA) (2009-present)Digital Domain Park is a baseball stadium located in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The stadium was built in time for the 1988 season and holds 7,160 people. It is the Spring training home of the New York Mets, as well as the home to the St. Lucie Mets Class A team and the Gulf Coast Mets Rookie League team.
Thomas J. White, the person for whom the was stadium was originally named, was a politician in Florida who worked with sportswriter Jack Champion on the successful campaign to bring the Mets to Port St. Lucie. In 2004 the Mets changed the name of the venue to Tradition Field.
On March 23, 2010, during a Mets spring training game against the Atlanta Braves, it was announced that effective immediately the stadium would be renamed Digital Domain Park, as a result of a multi-year partnership between the Mets and Digital Domain.
Digital Domain Park
References
- ^ a b c d http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/spring/portstlucie.html
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
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Stadiums of the Grapefruit League Bright House Field • Champion Stadium • Charlotte Sports Park • City of Palms Park • Digital Domain Park • Florida Auto Exchange Stadium • Ed Smith Stadium • George M. Steinbrenner Field • Hammond Stadium • Joker Marchant Stadium • McKechnie Field • Osceola County Stadium • Roger Dean Stadium • Space Coast StadiumCurrent ballparks in the Florida State League North Division South Division Charlotte Sports Park • Digital Domain Park • Hammond Stadium • McKechnie Field • Roger Dean StadiumCurrent ballparks in the Gulf Coast League East North Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex • Carpenter Complex • Chain of Lakes Park • Champion Stadium • Joker Marchant Stadium • George M. Steinbrenner FieldSouth Boston Red Sox Player Development Complex • Charlotte Sports Park • Ed Smith Stadium • Lee County Sports Complex • Pirate City Stadium • Twin Lakes ParkCategories:- Florida State League ballparks
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