Arizona Spring Training – The Main Event

If you love baseball, you’re in the right place! The Valley of the Sun is home to 10 stadiums and 15 Cactus League Spring Training teams, which means there’s always game nearby in March. And with a Valley-wide network of multi-lane freeways, all the stadiums are an easy drive from Scottsdale. Over the next few weeks we will cover events as well as food and the best places to explore in Arizona. If you can't attend this year be sure to mark your calendar for next year.

It’s hard to believe that the Scottsdale Stadium still sits on the same corner where the original wooden bandbox was built in 1955. Originally opened by the Baltimore Orioles in 1956, Scottsdale Stadium has served as the spring training home for more teams than any other Cactus League facility. 

Spring Training in Arizona has been a tradition for devoted fans since 1947. Scottsdale is home to the San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, and Arizona Diamondbacks. The San Francisco Giants play in the heart of downtown Scottsdale at Scottsdale Stadium. A short drive north the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks play at the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, along Scottsdale’s border with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

For baseball fans, it’s like a dream come true. Imagine a place where, every day for a whole month, you can choose between as many as eight to 10 Major League Baseball games being played by 15 teams in 10 of the most intimate ballparks in the country. This dreamlike scenario unfolds every spring in Scottsdale and the Phoenix metro area, beginning in mid-February when pitchers and catchers report to their respective teams’ spring training camps, and runs through the end of March with more than 200 games on the Cactus League schedule. 

Step Into History
Since the earliest days of spring training baseball in Arizona, downtown Scottsdale has been a sought-after destination for Major League players, coaches, executives, umpires and fans. You can literally walk in the footprints of Hall of Famers like Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Ernie Banks and Dizzy Dean by stopping at some of their favorite Scottsdale hangouts along the Cactus League Legacy Trail. The Legacy Trail is a self-guided tour of various hitching posts and watering holes that share a lengthy association with spring training baseball here in town. Learn more at www.ExperienceScottsdale.com/Events/Legacy-Trail

You're Out!
Or at least when you're out of the game, the average baseball game lasts about three hours, which means you’ll have plenty of time to explore Scottsdale’s unique line-up of outdoor adventures, championship golf courses, award-winning spas and major-league attractions.

With a length of just over a mile and a half, downtown Scottsdale is easily walkable. But, if you’d like to get around a little more quickly, or get to some of our neighboring communities, hop on one of the free downtown trolleys.

The free Downtown Trolley is a fun and easy way to explore all of downtown. The trolley stops in all of downtown’s colorful neighborhoods. Available year-round, it operates from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily and there is a trolley every 10 minutes.

Come support your team during 2016 spring training! 

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