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Washington Nationals


Space Coast Stadium
5800 Stadium Parkway
Viera, FL 32940
Ticket Info: (321) 633-4487 or (888) 632-6287


 2008 Ticket Prices: Batters Box (behind home plate) $24; Box Seats (Lower Deck) $20; Reserved Seats (Upper Deck) $17; Reserved Bleacher Seats $10; Berm Seats $8


 2008 Nationals Spring Training - By the Numbers

 2008 Record:  12-18

Nationals Leaders
 

At Bats

76, Lastings Milledge

Games

9, Five different pitchers

Hits

24, Lastings Milledge

Innings Pitched

23.0, Matt Chico

Runs

14, Lastings Milledge

Wins

2, Four different pitchers

Home Runs

  4, Ryan Zimmerman

Strikeouts

16, John Lannan

RBI

12, Ryan Zimmerman, Christian Guzman

ERA (min 10 IP)

0.00, Joel Hanrahan (13.0 IP)

Batting Average
 (min 40 ab)

  .395, Pete Orr (38 ab)

 

 

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)
. 20002001 20022003 20042005 2006 2007 2008
Total Attendance 72,578 68,249 55,578 59,614 61,943 74,904 58,560 64,963 54,926
Number of Games 1615 1615 1412 15 15 13
Average Attendance 4,536 4,550 3,473 3,974 4,424 6,242 3,904 4,330 4,157

Area information
 Space Coast Sports Commission (321) 783-9283 or www.spacecoastsports.com
Florida Space Coast Office of Tourism (321) 637-5483 or www.space-coast.com

Official Washington Nationals Web Site