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New York Mets


Tradition Field

525 NW Peacock Blvd.
Port St. Lucie, FL 34986
Ticket Information: (772) 871-2115

CLICK HERE for a Tradition Field Seating Diagram

2010 Ticket Prices:
Premium Box $25; Field Level Terrace $20; Lower Reserved $18; Upper Reserved $12; Blearchers/Berm $6

Individual Single Game tickets are currently on sale.  Call (772) 871-2115 or visit www.mets.com for more information.

Pitchers and catchers report on February 18 and first workout is February 20.  Position players report on February 23 and first full squad workout is February 25.

Pre-season practice policies:  Workouts are open to the public (before and during the season) at Tradition Field, and typically run between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.


2010 Mets Spring Training Schedule
Schedule subject to change - Home games in all caps - All times local

DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME
Tues March 2 ATLANTA BRAVES PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Wed March 3 Atlanta Braves Lake Buena Vista 1:05 p.m.
Thur March 4 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Fri March 5 FLORIDA MARLINS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Fri March 5 St. Louis Cardinals Jupiter 1:05 p.m.
Sat March 6 Washington Nationals Viera 1:05 p.m.
Sun March 7 WASHINGTON NATIONALS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Mon March 8 Florida Marlins Jupiter 1:05 p.m.
Tues March 9 HOUSTON ASTROS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Wed March 10 Atlanta Braves Lake Buena Vista 1:05 p.m.
Thur March 11 BOSTON RED SOX PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Fri March 12 Minnesota Twins Fort Myers 1:05 p.m.
Sat March 13 DETROIT TIGERS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Sun March 14 Florida Marlins Jupiter 1:05 p.m.
Mon March 15 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Tues March 16 Off Day
Wed March 17 Boston Red Sox Fort Myers 1:05 p.m.
Thurs March 18 Florida Marlins Jupiter 1:05 p.m.
Fri March 19 MINNESOTA TWINS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Sat March 20 St. Louis Cardinals Jupiter 1:05 p.m.
Sun March 21 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PORT ST. LUCIE 11:10 a.m.
Sun March 21 Houston Astros Kissimmee 1:05 p.m.
Mon March 22 Washington Nationals Viera 1:05 p.m.
Tues March 23 ATLANTA BRAVES PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Wed March 24 HOUSTON ASTROS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Thur March 25 St. Louis Cardinals Jupiter 1:05 p.m.
Fri March 26 Florida Marlins Jupiter 1:05 p.m.
Sat March 27 WASHINGTON NATIONALS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Sun March 28 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Mon March 29 FLORIDA MARLINS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Mon March 29 Washington Nationals Viera 1:05 p.m.
Tues March 30 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Wed March 31 FLORIDA MARLINS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Thur April 1 WASHINGTON NATIONALS PORT ST. LUCIE 1:10 p.m.
Fri April 2 Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field - St. Pete 6:10 p.m.
Sat April 3 Baltimore Orioles Sarasota 1:05 p.m.


Directions to Tradition Field
From north and south
-- Take I-95 to Exit 121 (St. Lucie West Blvd.); go east approximately 1/4 mile and make first left onto NW Peacock Boulevard. The stadium is straight ahead about 300 yards.

Stadium Information
Parking: $5 per car
Stadium built in 1988, renovated in 2003.
Dimensions: 338 feet down left field foul line, 338 feet to right and 410 feet to center.
Seating Capacity: 7,000
Mets 23rd Spring Training at this location.


New York Mets Spring Training Location History
1962-87 St. Petersburg (Al Lang Field)
1988-2010 Port St. Lucie (Thomas J. White Stadium/Tradition Field)

Attending a game at Tradition Field
The Mets trained in St. Petersburg from their inception in 1962 until 1987 and shared Al Lang Stadium with the St. Louis Cardinal. With the offer of its own stadium, the Mets moved to Port St. Lucie's Thomas J. White Stadium, now Tradition Field, for the 1988 season.

The stadium was built in the late 1980s, before the amenities of the current day stadium were commonplace. In August, 2003, after negotiating with the Mets, St. Lucie County commissioners approved a 16-year contract for the team to continue spring training in Port St. Lucie complete with an $8.7 million renovation job.

Getting into the facility has always been among the smoothest in Spring Training, and that should be even better with the renovations as elevators will now also be able to take fans to most seating areas. There is a new picnic area this year (where the left field bleachers once stood). Children's activities are expected to on-site during the games. Like the Big Apple, there's a large Jumbo-Tron screen beyond the outfield fence -- one of the biggest in the Grapefruit League. And finally, there is a bigger souvenir store, accessible from outside the ballpark and will not require a game ticket.

When you're ready to grab some grub, you'll be able to enjoy everything from a lemon Italian ice to a Killian's Red brewski. And like in the Big Apple, they know to move quickly so lines are usually short. Even better: three more concession stands have been added with the renovation.

A unique feature of Tradition Field is the St. Lucie Bat House. In the past, bats were a huge problem, so the county hired a bat expert to bat-proof the stadium. To give the bats an alternate place to live -- since, after all, it would have been cruel to bat-proof the stadium and leave hundreds, if not thousands, of bats homeless -- St. Lucie County constructed a bat house 14 feet off the ground with 160 chambers for hanging bats. The county says that between 10,000 and 15,000 bats can live comfortably in the St. Lucie Bat House.

Mets Spring Training Attendance (2000-2009)
 
. 20002001 20022003 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Attendance 61,366 70,726 72,701 66,660 84,739 83,822 83,061 91,933 97,929 82,116
Number of Games 1315 1514 1815 16 16 16 16
Average Attendance 4,720 4,715 4,847 4,761 4,708 5,588 5,191 5,723 6,121 5,136

Area Information
St. Lucie County Tourist Development Council, (800) 344-8443 or www.visitstluciefla.com

Other nearby Spring Training sites
Roger Dean Stadium,
Jupiter, Home of the Florida Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals - 41 miles to the South
Space Coast Stadium, Viera, Home of the Washington Nationals, 76 miles to the North


Official New York Mets Web Site