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DUNEDIN STADIUM Capacity 5,491 Year Opened 1990 Dimensions 335L, 380LC, 400C, 363RC, 325R Surface Grass Local Airport Tampa Ticket Prices The Blue Jays charge more for premium games (Yankees, Red Sox, Braves, March 6 Phillies night game). Lower Infield, $25/$20; Upper Infield, $22/$17; Lower Field, $21/$16; Upper Field, $18/$13. Tickets on Sale Jan. 12, 9 a.m. Web Site www.bluejays.com Ticket Line 800/707-8269, 727/733-0429. Ticket Fax Line 727/734-7661 Address 373 Douglas Av., Dunedin. Directions Take Hwy. 19 north from St. Petersburg, take Sunset Point Road (Route 588) west for two miles, and then head north on Douglas Avenue for a half mile.

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Considering the Toronto Blue Jays have now been around for 25 years, it's fairly remarkable that the team has had only one spring-training site in team history: Grant Park in Dunedin. The Blue Jays began life on March 11, 1977, when the team beat the New York Mets 3-1. At that time the Blue Jays played in 3,417-seat Grant Field, which was one of the oldest stadiums used in the Grapefruit League, dating back to 1930. It was named for a former mayor of Dunedin, who had donated the land for the stadium.

Tributes to Blue Jays stars of the past are located behind the grandstand.

However, Grant Park didn't keep up with the many new spring-training facilities that were popping up in Florida in the 1980s, and by 1989 the Blue Jays were working on a plan to replace Grant Field with a new stadium and spring-training facility. As a result, the city of Dunedin invested $2.4 million into a new stadium at the site of the old stadium, and Dunedin Stadium became the new spring-training home of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1990. It was renamed Knology Park in 2004 in a naming-rights deal, and then reverted to the Dunedin Stadium name in 2009.

There's a little bit of Canada down on the Florida coast: both the Canadian and American national anthems are sung before the game, and Labatt Blue is on tap.

In 2002 Dunedin spent $12 million on a new spring-training complex for the Blue Jays, which include new training facilities, offices, new hitting cages, and five full fields at the Cecil P. Englebert Recreational Complex. As a result, the Blue Jays signed a 15-year lease to stay in Dunedin, as well as committing the Dunedin Blue Jays (Class A; Florida State League) to the ballpark as well.

The seating area is bisected by a walkway. Box seats are on the field side of the walkway, while bleachers are on the other side.

Spring Training History

The Toronto Blue Jays have been training at this site since 1977, first at Grant Field and then at Dunedin Stadium.

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