Pompano Beach Municipal Park
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Pompano Beach Municipal Park is a stadium
in Pompano Beach, Florida
. It is primarily used for baseball
and was home to the Pompano Beach Cubs
and served as the spring training home of the Washington Senators from 1961 to 1971 and the Texas Rangers
from 1972
to 1986
. The 1989 Gold Coast Suns split their home games between Bobby Maduro-Miami Stadium
and Municipal Park. The ballpark was dedicated on March 22, 1957. It holds 4,500 people. It was used as the Pompano Beach High School
baseball team (Tornadoes) home field.
This stadium was demolished, reportedly between 2007-2008 and re-built as several baseball fields, although without grandstands. The baseball complex, no longer a stadium, is managed by the City of Pompano Beach and host youth baseball games, high school games, etc. like any local baseball fields.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Pompano Beach, Florida
Pompano Beach, Florida
Pompano Beach ) is a city in Broward County, Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean just to the north of Fort Lauderdale. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 99,845...
. It is primarily used for baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and was home to the Pompano Beach Cubs
Pompano Beach Cubs
The Pompano Beach Cubs were a minor league baseball team located in Pompano Beach, Florida. The team played in the Florida State League. Their home stadium was Pompano Beach Municipal Park....
and served as the spring training home of the Washington Senators from 1961 to 1971 and the Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
from 1972
1972 Texas Rangers season
The Texas Rangers 1972 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses. This was the Rangers' first season in Texas, as well as the club's first year in the AL West, after playing their first 11 seasons in Washington, D.C., and from...
to 1986
1986 Texas Rangers season
The Texas Rangers 1986 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.-Offseason:* November 9, 1985: Chris Welsh was released by the Rangers....
. The 1989 Gold Coast Suns split their home games between Bobby Maduro-Miami Stadium
Miami Stadium
Miami Stadium was a baseball stadium in Miami, Florida. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Miami Marlins minor league baseball team, as well as other minor league teams. It opened in 1949 and held 13,500 people...
and Municipal Park. The ballpark was dedicated on March 22, 1957. It holds 4,500 people. It was used as the Pompano Beach High School
Pompano Beach High School
Pompano Beach High School is a full magnet high school located in Pompano Beach, Florida, which instructs grades 9 through 12...
baseball team (Tornadoes) home field.
This stadium was demolished, reportedly between 2007-2008 and re-built as several baseball fields, although without grandstands. The baseball complex, no longer a stadium, is managed by the City of Pompano Beach and host youth baseball games, high school games, etc. like any local baseball fields.