Municipal Stadium | |
 Interactive map of West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium | |
| Full name | West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium |
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| Location | 755Hank Aaron Drive West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Coordinates | 26°43′17″N80°04′46″W / 26.7215°N 80.0795°W /26.7215; -80.0795 |
| Capacity | 4,200 (1963) 5,000 (1986) |
| Field size | Left Field — 330 ft Center Field — 405 ft Right Field — 330 ft |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1962 |
| Opened | March 9, 1963 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Demolished | 2002 |
| Construction cost | $1.0 million |
| Tenants | |
| Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (MLB) (spring training: 1963–1997) Montreal Expos (MLB) (spring training: 1969–1972 & 1981–1997) West Palm Beach Expos (FSL) (1969–1997) West Palm Beach Tropics (SPBA) (1989–1990) | |
West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium, referred to as "Municipal Stadium," was abaseball park in thesoutheasternUnited States, inWest Palm Beach, Florida. Located at 755 Hank Aaron Drive, it was the long-timespring training home for theMilwaukee and Atlanta Braves andMontreal Expos. The Braves played spring training games at the stadium from1963 to1997, while the Expos played there from 1969 to 1972 and from 1981 to 1997.
The stadium was constructed in 1962 to replace midtownConnie Mack Field, which had been the West Palm Beach spring training home of thePhiladelphia and Kansas City Athletics from 1946 to 1962.
The first game was played on Saturday, March 9, 1963, under overcast skies and extremely high winds which blew sand from the outfield areas, directly toward seating area, which were not as yet totally landscaped at that time. Mayor C. Ben Holleman threw out the first ball and theKansas City Athletics defeated the Milwaukee Braves 3–0 in front of a medium-sized crowd of 3,265 fans.Warren Spahn started for Milwaukee and was the losing pitcher, whileDan Pfister was the winner for the Athletics.[1]
The ballpark later hosted the 1982 and 1992 Florida State League All-Star Games.[2]
Atlanta and Montreal played their final spring training game at the ballpark on Wednesday March 26, 1997, which saw Montreal come through with a 2–0 victory.[3]
The stadium was later demolished in 2002 and there is nothing to mark its former place, which is now partially covered by a largeHome Depot location.
West Palm Beach would not see spring training again until 2017, with the opening ofThe Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, and since January 2024 now CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches, which is the spring training home of both theHouston Astros andWashington Nationals.
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