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Cincinnati Reds![]() Ed Smith Stadium 1090 N. Euclid Ave Sarasota, FL 34237 Ticket Information: (941) 954-4464 2008 Ticket Prices: Box Seats $14 (Premium, $16); Reserved $12 (Premium, $14); General Admission $7 (Premium, $9) 2008 Reds Spring Training - By the Numbers 2008 Record: 17-15 Reds Leaders
2008 Attendance Figures
North on I-75: Exit 210 (Fruitville Road West); Fruitville Road to Tuttle Avenue. Right on Tuttle Avenue to 12th Street. Left on 12th Street. From Bradenton: 41 South to University Parkway. Left on University Parkway to Tuttle Avenue. Right on Tuttle Avenue to 12th Street. Right on 12th Street.
Stadium Information
Cincinnati Red Spring Training Location History
Attending a Reds Game at Ed Smith Stadium The 53-acre site houses the stadium and the surrounding spring-training complex with four-and-a-half practice fields and 35,000 square feet of clubhouses and office space. It maintains a national reputation as a premier baseball facility and continues to be the mecca of baseball activity in the area.
Local musicians get fans fired up in the main concourse. Ed Smith Stadium is all red, from red awnings to red seats to the Reds themselves. Beautiful palm trees line beyond the outfield fence, similar to those at the Red Sox Spring Training facility in Fort Myers. There's a solid fan atmosphere from some of baseball's most knowledgeable fans and you'll know you're in Reds country with fans decked in Reds T-shirts and the giant "C" painted on the grass behind home plate. Sarasota has a long history of spring training baseball dating back to the 1920's and Calvin Nathaniel Payne. John McGraw's New York Giants held spring training at Payne Park from 1924 through 1927 at the persuasion of one of his good friends John Ringling. After the Giants left in 1927, the Boston Red Sox called Payne Park their spring training home from 1933 until 1958 and were followed by the Chicago White Sox and Reds.
Reds Spring Training Attendance (2000-2008)
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