The Surprise Recreation Campus is an athletic facility based in

Surprise, Arizona Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 143,148 at the 2020 census, up from 117,517 in 2010 and just 30,848 in 2000. Surprise is the spring training location of the Kansas City Royals and the ...

, built in 2002. Its amenities include

Surprise Stadium Surprise Stadium is a baseball venue located at the Surprise Recreation Campus athletic facility in Surprise, Arizona, United States. The stadium opened in 2002 and seats 10,714 people. It is the spring training facility for the Kansas City ...

(the spring training home of

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Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team ...

and Texas Rangers), twelve baseball fields (six lighted) and Mark Coronado Park, an multipurpose field (lighted). The facility at one time played host to an independent professional baseball team, the

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Surprise Fightin' Falcons The Surprise Fightin' Falcons are an inactive professional baseball team based in Surprise, Arizona. They played in the Arizona Division of the independent Golden Baseball League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball ''or' ...

, and a

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team, the Surprise Rafters of the

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. The stadium is now home of the

Surprise Saguaros The Surprise Saguaros are a baseball team that plays in the West Division of the Arizona Fall League. They play their home games in Surprise, Arizona, at Surprise Stadium. The ballpark is also the spring training facility of the Kansas City Roya ...

. The recreation campus hosts an annual Christmas event, Sparkling Surprise, that features food trucks, hot air balloons, sky divers, vendors and live music. In 2023, the campus hosted the Bases and Brews Music Festival to mark the end of the year’s

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spring training.

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Surprise, Arizona official website
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