GOODYEAR BALLPARK

Spring Training and Player Development

Home of the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds

Project Overview

Goodyear Ballpark

1933 S. Ballpark Way

Goodyear, AZ 85338

Opening Dates

Goodyear Ballpark - February 2009

Indians Practice Fields - August 2008

Reds Practice Fields - October 2009

Contact Information

General Information:  623-882-3120

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Cactus League comes to Goodyear

Spring training is here in Goodyear! Not one but two teams - and both are from Ohio!

The Cleveland Indians joined the Arizona Cactus League in 2009 when they moved their Spring Training operations from Winter Haven, Florida to Goodyear. When the Indians came to Goodyear, it marked Cleveland's return to Arizona and the Cactus League where they trained from 1947 to 1992.

The Indians are joined by the Cincinnati Reds coming to the Cactus League from Sarasota, Florida. The Reds took possession of their new Development Complex in October 2009, and hosted their Inaugural Season in Goodyear in Spring 2010.

Hosting both Ohio teams provides synergy, additional advertising opportunities, and increased tourism possibilities.

$108 million project

This $108 million project includes the Goodyear Ballpark, the Indians' Clubhouse and practice fields and the Reds' Clubhouse and practice fields. Each team has two practice fields for their  own use year-round, while the other eight fields are for use by the City of Goodyear and its residents in months when Spring Training is not active.

Goodyear Ballpark

Renowned architectural firm HOK Sport of Kansas City designed the baseball complex, which includes 8,000 stadium seats, 1500 lawn seats, six suites and 500 premium seats on the party deck.

Barton Malow, a national construction service company headquartered in Michigan with offices in Tempe, constructed the Spring Training Ballpark Complex, which was completed in February 2009.

The Goodyear Ballpark is located on a 3-acre parcel south of Yuma Rd. and east of Estrella Parkway, southeast of the future Goodyear City Center.

Centerpiece of large mixed-use development

This ballpark is truly unique among Spring Training facilities in either Arizona or Florida. Its ground-level concourse ensures cohesive integration with surrounding restaurants, offices and a hotel/conference center. The ballpark will be the centerpiece of a dynamic mixed-use retail, residential, office development.

Goodyear Recreational Complex

The Goodyear Recreational Complex was built on a 100-acre site east of Estrella Parkway about a quarter-mile south of the Goodyear Ballpark.

The Indians' portion of the complex (top of diagram) was completed in August 2008 and has now been in use for over one year.

The Red's complex (bottom of diagram) was completed in October 2009, and immediately put is use by the team gearing up for their 2010 Spring Training inaugural season in Goodyear.

What teams control

The Goodyear Recreational Complex includes a clubhouse for each team, which they will control year-round. The teams will use the clubhouses all year to train players and help rehabilitate players who are injured.

In addition to the clubhouses, the teams will have control of pitching mounds, batting cages and tunnels and observation towers. Each team will also control two half-practice fields, one agility field and two of the full practice fields year round.

Each team will have exclusive use of six full practice fields during Spring Training, approximately February through March.

City use of the facilities

The other 10 months of the year, each team's other four fields (eight in total) will be available to the City of Goodyear to use for recreational leagues and special events.

The City of Goodyear citizens overwhelmingly approved a bond election in 2004 for $10 million to help build the recreational fields.

Several citywide events are now held at the Recreational Complex as well as being used by the City for many sports tournaments. Several of the fields are lighted.

Cleveland Indians Clubhouse

Cincinnati Reds Clubhouse

Goodyear Ballpark Ÿ 1933 S Ballpark Way Ÿ Goodyear, AZ 85338 Ÿ 623.882.3120 Ÿ