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)
.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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
13
15
15
14
18
15
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
