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Florida Spring Training: Your Guide To Touring The Grapefruit League |
As we go to press, there is word that Hammond Stadium is scheduled to undergo renovations and construction, to be completed by the beginning of Spring Training 2007. Several details are still unconfirmed, but a July 2006 story in the Naples Daily News informs us that there will be a new berm for lawn seating and standing room, to be installed along right field, where the visitors' bullpen was previously located, as well as a new concession area by the new berm, and a couple of rows of premium seating behind home plate. While these changes will render some of this chapter obsolete, we look forward to being pleasantly surprised in the coming season! From outside, Bill Hammond Stadium is one of the more picturesque sites in the Grapefruit League. A row of palm trees lines the approach. A beautiful water fountain and sculpture grace the center front, and the stadium blends in with the region’s architecture, right down to its tin roof and abundance of windows. It’s unfortunate that the beauty does not continue inside the stadium. Inside, Bill Hammond Stadium is just a stadium. It’s big, metallic, and filled with cement. It lacks the charm of its neighbor, City of Palms Park, where the Red Sox play, and tries too much to imitate a Major League ballpark. There are few places here where you can get autographs. Bill Hammond Stadium is just plain white inside with no bright colors to catch the eye. The grandstands are too high, putting the seats at the top quite a distance from the field, and they end just a few sections away from the dugouts instead of extending out to flank the outfield. The small roof covers relatively few seats, and there is only one spot to buy souvenirs. Didn't find what you were looking for? Try a Google search.
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