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Washington Nationals


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


 2009 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
Single game tickets go on sale on Saturday, January 17 at 10 a.m. ET. 

2009 Nationals Spring Training Schedule    Click here for schedule in pdf format
Schedule subject to change - Home games in all caps - All times local

DAY

DATE

OPPONENT

SITE

TIME

Wednesday

Feb. 25

Houston Astros

Kissimmee

1:05 p.m.

Thursday

Feb. 26

DETROIT TIGERS

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Friday

Feb. 27

HOUSTON ASTROS

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Saturday

Feb. 28

St. Louis Cardinals

Jupiter

1:05 p.m.

Sunday

March 1

BALTIIMORE ORIOLES

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Tuesday

March 3

WBC - ITALY

VIERA

1:05 p.m.
Wednesday March 4 NEW YORK METS VIERA 1:05 p.m.
Thurssday March 5 Detroit Tigers Lakeland 1:05 p.m.

Friday

March 6

Baltimore Orioles

Fort Lauderdale

1:05 p.m.

Saturday

March 7

New York Mets

Port St. Lucie

1:10 p.m.

Sunday

March 8

NEW YORK METS

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Monday

March 9

HOUSTON ASTROS

VIERA

7:05 p.m.
Tuesday March 10 NEW YORK METS VIERA 1:05 p.m.

Thursday

March 12

Atlanta Braves

Orlando

1:05 p.m.

Friday

March 13

Houston Astros

Kissimmee

7:05 p.m.

Saturday

March 14

New York Mets

Port St. Lucie

1:10 p.m.

Sunday

March 15

DETROIT TIGERS

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Monday

March 16

Florida Marlins

Jupiter

1:05 p.m.

Wednesday

March 18

FLORIDA MARLINS

VIERA

7:05 p.m.

Thursday

March 19

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Friday

March 20

Detroit Tigers

Lakeland

1:05 p.m.

Saturday

March 21

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Sunday

March 22

Houston Astros

Kissimmee

1:05 p.m.

Monday

March 23

St. Louis Cardinals

Jupiter

1:05 p.m.

Tuesday

March 24

Baltimore Orioles

Fort Lauderdale

1:05 p.m.

Wednesday

March 25

ATLANTA BRAVES

VIERA

7:05 p.m.

Friday

March 27

New York Mets

Port St. Lucie

7:10 p.m.

Saturday

March 28

HOUSTON ASTROS

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Sunday

March 29

Florida Marlins

Jupiter

1:05 p.m.

Monday

March 30

DETROIT TIGERS

VIERA

1:05 p.m.

Tuesday

March 31

Detroit Tigers

Lakeland

1:05 p.m.

Wednesday

April 1

Toronto Blue Jays

Dunedin

1:05 p.m.
Thursday April 2 Philadelphia Phillies Clearwater 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 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