Houston Astros, Washington Nationals (Spring Training)
8/10
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| The weather in Florida was borderline stupendous the entire time I was there. |
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| There isn't an easily photographed entrance around here. Any further back and the posts would have obstructed everything. |
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| Looking in on my walkaround. |
I came here in 2017, the year it had opened. Both the Astros and Nationals had moved here,out of older parks in Kissimmee and Viera. The park was brand new, built midway between the Florida Turnpike and I-95 about 100km north of downtown Miami. It's obviously a pretty nice, new, clean park. In terms of it's extravagance, I'd rate it somewhere above parks like Goodyear or Surprise, but below other new parks like Sloan Park or JetBlue. Come to think of it, it compares nicely to Camelback Ranch. Anyhow, parking is in a field off to the one side, I cannot remember if it cost anything. There are a few fountains on the paths to the park surrounded by ponds, marked with signs warning of alligators.
There's not really an entrance to speak of, just some signage over a gate along the third base side. The concourse and aisles are roomy and the concourse is wrap around, which is practically a requirement these days. The food menu was pretty average, with some favourites from D.C.(I think), but nothing memorable. I saw Ichiro live for probably the final time and Bryce Harper silence the "overrated" chant from one guy(and only one guy) by promptly hitting a homerun.
On the whole, I'd give this place an extra point for the facility, although maybe a half for the Nationals' fans bringing some of their quirkier cheers. I'd go back here for sure.
Linescore
123 456 789 RHE
Miami 000 020 000 270
Washington 000 001 100 230
Time: 2:33 Temp: N/A Att: 4,004
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