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Long known as The Legends Room, it touts itself as having the largest selection of Yankees memorabilia in the South and doesn't disappoint. The main team store is in the two-story building near the home plate entrance.

Two walk-in souvenir shops are found on stadium grounds.

The only scoreboard in the stadium is a massive structure in left-center field that features a large HD video board.

Fans are not allowed to stand on the concourse above the bullpens, which each begin where the lower grandstand ends.

Both bullpens are down the outfield lines - the Yankees' in right, visitors' in left.

Conversely, the recently added outfield extension of the concourse overlooks the field and is out in the open.

The main concourse is located behind the stadium and beneath the upper grandstand so it is completely covered.

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Both locations have dedicated windows for will call and game day sales. The other ticket office is at street level behind home plate and it has six windows. From the main parking lot, all fans will pass by the seven-window box office in the right field corner on their way into the stadium, as it's on the elevated walkway that the pedestrian bridge connects to. The gate in right field is more convenient for the majority of arriving fans but doesn't have the aesthetic look or adjacent New York fan attractions found at the home plate gate, which prior to 2017 was the only entrance that all fans could use (thus it was a destination-designed area). The entrance behind home plate is one story of steps from street level and is near the Tampa version of Monument Park.

Fans enter the stadium through gates based at home plate or right field.

Six months later, a life-sized bronze statue of "The Boss" was placed upon a pedestal outside of his namesake stadium, which is formally called George M. The ballpark is notable for the roof's white façade and panels that spell out "YANKEES." It was named Legends Field from its opening on Mauntil March 27, 2008, when it was renamed in honor of longtime Yankees owner and Tampa resident George Steinbrenner, who died on July 13, 2010. The playing field has the same outfield measurements as Yankee Stadium.

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Ringing the top of the stadium are pennants that list each of the Yankees' World Series winning years. A team photo of one of New York's championship squads is directly above each portal's entrance. Banners of Yankees legends flank the entrance of each of the stadium's six portals. A nearby monument dedicated to the victims and heroes of 9/11 memorializes the Twin Towers and contains a piece of steel from the World Trade Center. A palm tree lined plaza leading to a pond with fountains greets visitors who venture over to the area behind home plate, where a mini version of New York's Monument Park contains numbers and plaques of the 16 Yankees immortalized by the team.

It has the largest capacity of any in Florida's Grapefruit League and was the first to officially seat more than 10,000. A pedestrian bridge above Dale Mabry enables fans to walk back and forth between the general parking lot and ballpark with ease.īig and bold, Steinbrenner Field is not your typical spring training ballpark. Regular fans will need to park in the grass lots over at Raymond James Stadium, across the street from Steinbrenner Field. There are 800 parking spaces behind the stadium, but they are reserved for the handicapped, season ticket and suite holders. The stadium is at the corner of Dale Mabry and MLK Blvd.

Just take I-275 to the Dale Mabry Highway/US 92 exit (41A) and travel north for about 1½ miles.

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Steinbrenner Field is next door neighbors with Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on busy Dale Mabry Highway, a six-lane road choke full of commercial development. Yankees Spring Training 2021 First Practice Dates