2008 Attendance Figures 13 games (one
cancellation); 54,040 total attendance; 4,157 average per game
Largest crowd: 5,914 vs. Florida Marlins, Sunday, March 2
Directions to Space Coast Stadium
From the north: Exit I-95 at Exit 195. Turn left (west) on Fiske
Boulevard. Fiske Boulevard becomes Stadium Parkway. Space Coast Stadium is two miles on right.
From the south: Exit I-95 at Exit 191. Turn left (west) on Wickham Road to the traffic circle. Turn right (north) on Lake Andrew Drive. Follow Lake Andrew Drive north and west through the Brevard County Government Complex until Stadium Parkway (four way stop). Turn right (north) on Stadium Parkway; Space Coast Stadium is 1/2 mile on left.
Stadium Information
Parking: $5
Stadium built in 1993.
Dimensions: 340 feet down left and right field lines and 404 feet to center.
Seating Capacity: 8,100
Nationals fifth Spring Training at this location.
Practices held at 9 a.m. at Space Coast Stadium and adjacent to Washington
Nationals Training Complex.
Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos Spring Training Location History
1969-72 West Palm Beach (West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium)
1973-80 Daytona Beach (City Island Ball Park)
1981-97 West Palm Beach (West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium)
1998-2002 Jupiter (Roger Dean Stadium)
2003-08 Viera (Space Coast Stadium)
Attending a Nationals Game at Space Coast Stadium
After
Sharing Jupiter Roger Dean Stadium with the St. Louis Cardinals, the
Washington Nationals now call Space Coast Stadium in Viera their spring
training home. It was completed in 1994 as the spring-training home of
the Florida Marlins, who trained there through 2002.
There is
a definite space theme to Space Coast Stadium, an homage to nearby
Kennedy Space Center. Fans are greeted by a US Space Shuttle model
dedicated to America’s pioneering Spirit in Space Exploration. Each foul
pole at Space Coast Stadium pays tribute to the lost crews of both the
Challenger and Columbia.
Space
Coast Stadium is a wonderful place to catch a Spring Training game
primarily due to some significant improvements to the park for 2008 such
as an electronic scoreboard with a 4 mega-pixel video screen, a brand
new lighting system, and an updated PA system. The 2008 improvements
come as an addition to the renovations that Brevard County commissioners
committed $2.6 million in tourist taxes to for a new roof and canopies,
interior and exterior paint jobs, improved drainage and the facility's
5,348 teal seats (a holdover from when the Marlins were in Viera) were
changed to dark blue and the railings painted red to match the Nationals
colors.
Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos Spring
Training Attendance (2000-2008)