![]() ![]() ![]() Louis Cardinals, playing at Jupiter’s Roger Dean Stadium, had a 6.4 percent average per game attendance increase, and the Toronto Blue Jays, playing at Dunedin’s Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, saw a 5.1 percent per game attendance increase. The 2015 National League Champions, the New York Mets, playing at Tradition Field in Port St. The Houston Astros, playing in Kissimmee’s Osceola County Stadium, showed a 15.3 percent per game attendance increase. “Our teams do a wonderful job of creating an entertaining environment and quality baseball that the entire family can enjoy.” “The State of Florida continues to enhance its Spring Training Baseball experience for all fans of the game and Major League players,” said FSF President John Webb. Attendance figures are compiled by the Florida Sports Foundation from daily box scores of games, between Major League teams played in the State of Florida, and verified by each of the 15 teams in the Florida Grapefruit League. Since 2000, a total of 26,576,761 fans have attended Spring Training games in Florida. The 2016 season, played between March 1 and April 2, marked the 14th time in the last 17 years that Florida Spring Training attendance has surpassed 1.5 million. The total attendance for the 215 games played between Major League teams in the state of Florida was 1,525,570. Last year we welcomed 105 million visitors to our state, and we will keep working to support the tourism industry so we can reach another record year in Florida.” Spring Training and Major League Baseball are a major attraction for families and visitors, and have an incredible economic impact on the local communities that host these fifteen Florida Grapefruit League teams. Governor Rick Scott said, “I am proud to announce that Florida’s Spring Training reached a 100-year record high per game attendance this season. The average per game attendance of the 2016 Major League Baseball Spring Training Games was 7,096, marking the first time the number has topped 7,000 in over 100 years of Florida Grapefruit League games. Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida’s Spring Training Baseball reached a record high per game attendance this season. In MLB Spring Training News, Sport Tourism News ![]()
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