Fort Lauderdale Stadium was a
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
stadium located in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida next to
Lockhart Stadium
Lockhart Stadium was a stadium used mostly for soccer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It was used in a variety of sports, particularly soccer and American football.
Originally designed in 1959 for high school sports, the stadium' ...
. The stadium was demolished in June 2019 as part of the construction of
Inter Miami CF Stadium for
Inter Miami CF
Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, known as Inter Miami CF or simply Inter Miami, is an American professional soccer club based in the Miami metropolitan area. Established in 2018, the club began play in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the 2 ...
.
The
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...
announced in March 1961 that they would move
spring training from St. Petersburg, Florida to Fort Lauderdale where a new stadium would be built for the team at an estimated cost of $500,000 with 4,000 covered seats and 4,000 bleacher seats.
The Yankees trained at the stadium between 1962 and 1995. The
Fort Lauderdale Yankees
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were an American Minor League Baseball franchise that existed from 1962 through 1992. The team was a member of the Florida State League (FSL) as an affiliate of the New York Yankees ...
of the minor league
Florida State League played home games in the stadium from 1962 through 1992. The
Fort Lauderdale Red Sox played home games there in 1993, after an unsuccessful attempt to move from Winter Haven to Fort Myers (they ended up the following year in Sarasota).
The
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ...
held spring training at the stadium from 1996 to 2009.
Fort Lauderdale Stadium was last leased to
Traffic Sports USA (owners of the
Fort Lauderdale Strikers) in June 2011.
References
External links
Fort Lauderdale Stadium on Strikers' Website
Grapefruit League venues
Baltimore Orioles spring training venues
New York Yankees spring training venues
Tourist attractions in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Buildings and structures in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sports in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1962 establishments in Florida
Sports venues completed in 1962
Sports venues demolished in 2019
Sports venues in Broward County, Florida
2019 disestablishments in Florida
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