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

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home of the

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(who moved from St. Petersburg's

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), as well as the home to the St. Lucie Mets

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team and the Florida Complex League Mets

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team. The stadium shares the same field dimensions of the now demolished

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, it was announced that effective immediately the stadium would be renamed Digital Domain Park as a result of a multi-year partnership between the Mets and

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. At the end of the 2012 season, the Mets announced that Digital Domain would no longer own the naming rights to the ballpark and that the stadium would temporarily be renamed Mets Stadium. On February 7, 2013, the Mets struck a new deal with the developers of the nearby master-planned neighborhood Tradition and the ballpark was once again called Tradition Field. On February 23, 2017, the Mets announced a 10-year strategic partnership with

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to rename the ballpark First Data Field. First Data's 2019 acquisition by

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led in February 2020 to the ballpark being renamed Clover Park for the company's

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point-of-sale-platform.

Improvements

The Stadium featured several new amenities in 2012. The right field bleacher was replaced with 500 field-level seats, highlighted by an outdoor bar and grill similar to the third base-side Tiki Bar. The right field section was also connected to the outfield grass berm area for easy access throughout the facility. The scoreboard was upgraded to include a larger screen featuring replay highlights in HD. The stadium was renovated for the 2020 Spring Training season. The improvements included new concessions, clubhouses, and additional outfield areas for spectators. In 2022, the

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s were moved from on the field to behind the left field fence.

Florida State League All-Star Games

Since opening, Clover Park has hosted the

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All-Star Game a total of three times. The most recent time was in 2015, following the 1994 and 2004 editions of the exhibition game.

References

External links

New York Mets – Spring Training Ballpark

{{GCL Ballparks Minor league baseball venues Grapefruit League venues Port St. Lucie, Florida New York Mets spring training venues 1988 establishments in Florida Sports venues completed in 1988 Florida Complex League ballparks Florida State League ballparks Sports venues in St. Lucie County, Florida