2010 Ticket Prices: Batter's Box $24 (Prime Games $27); Box $20 (Prime
Games $23); Reserved $17 (Prime Games $20); Reserved Bleachers $10 (Prime
Games $13)
March 12 game against the New York Yankees is a Prime
Game
Individual-game tickets for the National's Spring Training at Space Coast
Stadium are currently on sale at
www.nationals.com.
Individual-game spring tickets can also be purchased at the Space Coast
Stadium box office or by calling 1-888-632-NATS (6287). Season
tickets for the 2010 Nationals Spring Training season are now available for
purchase! Please call (321) 633-9200 for more information.
Pitchers and catchers report on February
21 and
first workout is February 22. Position players report on
February 24 and first full squad workout is February 26.
Pre-season Practice Policies: National's
practice begins at 9:00 a.m. until they are done. Practices are
located at the Washington Nationals Training Complex 5600 Stadium Parkway in
Viera, and are open to the public.
2010 Nationals Spring Training Schedule Schedule subject to change -
Home games in all caps - All times local
DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
SITE
TIME
Thur
March 4
Houston
Astros
Kissimmee
1:05 p.m.
Thur
March 4
Florida
Marlins
Jupiter
1:05 p.m.
Fri
March 5
Atlanta
Braves
Lake Buena
Vista
1:05 p.m.
Sat
March 6
NEW YORK
METS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Sun
March 7
New York
Mets
Port St.
Lucie
1:10 p.m.
Mon
March 8
FLORIDA
MARLINS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Tues
March 9
DETROIT
TIGERS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Wed
March 10
St. Louis
Cardinals
Jupiter
1:05 p.m.
Thur
March 11
HOUSTON
ASTROS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Fri
March 12
NEW YORK
YANKEES
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Sat
March 13
Houston
Astros
Kissimmee
1:05 p.m.
Sun
March 14
ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Mon
March 15
ATLANTA
BRAVES
VIERA
7:05 p.m.
Tues
March 16
FLORIDA
MARLINS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Tues
March 16
St. Louis
Cardinals
Jupiter
1:05 p.m.
Wed
March 17
Houston
Astros
Kissimmee
1:05 p.m.
Thur
March 18
Off Day
Fri
March 19
ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS
VIERA
7:05 p.m.
Sat
March 20
FLORIDA
MARLINS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Sun
March 21
Florida
Marlins
Jupiter
1:05 p.m.
Mon
March 22
NEW YORK
METS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Tues
March 23
Detroit
Tigers
Lakeland
6:05 p.m.
Wed
March 24
New York
Yankees
Tampa
7:05 p.m.
Thur
March 25
DETROIT
TIGERS
VIERA
7:05 p.m.
Fri
March 26
ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Sat
March 27
Atlanta
Braves
Lake Buena
Vista
1:05 p.m.
Sat
March 27
New York
Mets
Port St.
Lucie
1:10 p.m.
Sun
March 28
ATLANTA
BRAVES
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Mon
March 29
NEW YORK
METS
VIERA
1:05 p.m.
Tues
March 30
Florida
Marlins
Jupiter
1:05 p.m.
Wed
March 31
St. Louis
Cardinals
Jupiter
1:05 p.m.
Thur
April 1
New York Mets
Port St. Lucie
1:10 p.m.
Fri
April 2
Boston Red Sox
Fort Myers
1:05 p.m.
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 Eighth 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)
2003-10 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 (2000-2009)
.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Total Attendance
72,578
68,249
55,578
59,614
61,943
74,904
58,560
64,963
54,926
54,154
Number of Games
16
15
16
15
14
12
15
15
13
14
Average Attendance
4,536
4,550
3,473
3,974
4,424
6,242
3,904
4,330
4,157
3,868
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 Other nearby Spring Training sites Osceola County Stadium, Kissimmee,
Home of the Houston Astros - 55 miles to the West Champion Stadium at
Disney's Wide World of Sports, Lake Buena Vista, Home of the Atlanta
Braves, 63 miles to the West Tradition Field, Port St.
Lucie, Home of the New York Mets, 75 miles to the South