Clover Park (Florida)

Clover Park
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Former namesThomas J. White Stadium (1988–2004)
Digital Domain Park (2010–2012)
Tradition Field (2004–2009; 2012–2016)
First Data Field (2017–2019)
Location31 Piazza Drive
Port St. Lucie, FL 34986[1][2]
Coordinates27°19′31.01″N 80°24′16.18″W / 27.3252806°N 80.4044944°W / 27.3252806; -80.4044944
OwnerSt. Lucie County[3]
OperatorSt. Lucie Parks & Recreation Department[3]
Capacity7,160
Field sizeLeft field: 338 feet (103 m)
Left-Center field: 371 feet (113 m)
Center field: 410 feet (120 m)
Right-Center field: 371 feet (113 m)
Right field: 338 feet (103 m)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke groundDecember 19, 1986[3]
Built1987
OpenedMarch 5, 1988[3]
Renovated2019
Construction cost$11 million
($28.3 million in 2023 dollars[4])
ArchitectHoon & White[5]
Structural engineerLantz Jones Nebraska, Inc.[5]
General contractorHunzinger Construction[5]
Tenants
New York Mets (MLB) (spring training)
St. Lucie Mets (FSL) (1988–present)
FCL Mets (FCL) (1992–1999; 2004–2011; 2013–present)

Clover Park is a baseball stadium located in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The stadium was built in time for the 1988 season and holds 7,160 people. It is the spring training home of the New York Mets (who moved from St. Petersburg's Al Lang Stadium), as well as the home to the St. Lucie Mets Single-A team and the Florida Complex League Mets Rookie League team. The stadium shares the same field dimensions of the now demolished Shea Stadium. It also sometimes hosts college games.

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  2. ^ "Mets honor Mike Piazza by renaming road to spring training facility '31 Piazza Drive'". SportsNet New York. January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Knight, Graham (May 6, 2010). "Digital Domain Park". Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  4. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "St. Lucie County Sports Complex" (PDF). PCI Journal. September 1989. p. 123. Retrieved August 11, 2013.