The Peoria Sports Complex is 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 ...

complex located in the Peoria suburb of

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, USA, near Peoria's main shopping district on

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. It consists of the main baseball stadium (Peoria Stadium) and 12 practice fields. It is one of six facilities to host

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games. The capacity of Peoria Stadium is approximately 12,000. During

spring training Spring training is the preseason in Major League Baseball (MLB), a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for roster and position spots, and gives estab ...

, it is the home stadium of both the

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and the

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, who play in the spring training Cactus League. Both teams are leased to hold spring training there until 2034. The complex has been a site of the

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every summer since 2002. It is also hosts a number of other events, including youth baseball tournaments and city events, and is available as a potential wedding venue for couples.

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