One package offers three nights in a hotel near one of the spring training stadiums in either Arizona or Florida, a rental car and tickets to two games.
Among available prepackaged trips is a three-night vacation from Sports Travel Inc., based in Hatfield, Mass., that includes accommodations in a hotel near one of the spring training stadiums in Florida or Arizona, a rental car and tickets to two games at a cost of $480 a person, double occupancy.
He added, "Florida is not going to win if Arizona is willing to spend $84 million on a spring training stadium".
On Thursday, they announced that Tradition Florida, a real estate developer, would buy the naming rights to the Mets' spring training stadium in Port St . Lucie
Its stadium is considered one of the best in Eastern Europe, a modern building with a training stadium next door and a hotel with accommodations that would not seem unfamiliar to the best teams in Europe.
"We have beverage deals at both stadiums," said Gene Monahan, head athletic trainer for the team, speaking of both the Bronx stadium and the Yankees' Florida spring training stadium in Tampa.
Core Communities, a major developer in Port St . Lucieand nearby Tradition, failed to pay its annual fee to the county to maintain the naming rights on Tradition Field, the Mets' spring training stadium.
The Steinbrenner family, as part of a renovation project at the Yankees' spring training stadium in Tampa, Fla., decided that the team co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner will use the office of his father, George, who died in 2010.
By John Cassidy July 13 , 2010Some eight years ago, when I was writing a Profile of George Steinbrenner, he showed me around the practice facility near Legends Field, the Yankees' spring training stadium in Tampa, Florida, which was later named after him.
It was an unusual day, with Andy Pettitte throwing pitches to Derek Jeter in a simulated game in the Yankees' main spring training stadium and Mariano Rivera going through a quick workout before speaking in vague terms to reporters about his future as he walked briskly to his car.
For most games at spring-training stadiums (except the handful of night games in Port St . Lucie, fans can walk up and buy tickets the day of the game, but ticket lines can be long.
