Brewers Spring Training
Spring Training Info
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Maryvale Park is situated on 7 acres and features a forest preserve, soccer field, basketball courts, benches, grills, shelter, picnic tables, playground and restrooms. For more information, contact 240-314-8660. Park picnic permits available April 15 through October 15. Park must be permitted at least 2 weeks in advance. Maryvale Private Hospital’s new CEO, Lee Garwood, believes caring for others should be at the heart of everything healthcare professionals do. And he should know, after starting his career in nursing and working his way up to executive leadership roles.
Milwaukee Brewers Spring Training | Area Info - Maryvale |
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(formerly Maryvale Baseball Park) Spring Training home of the Brewers since 1998 Ballpark address: Opened: 1998 |
Directions
Take 1-10 to the 51st Avenue exit (#139) and travel north for two miles. The stadium will be on the left, in a highly visible spot after Osborn and before Indian School Roads, with the left turn to it made immediately after seeing the John F. Long Family Services Center.
Parking
The stadium has a sizable paved parking lot near it. As the large lot fills up cars get routed to the unpaved parking area that's next to the Brewers' main practice fields. Both parking lots are entered from 51st Ave. Those who park in the main (paved) lot walk past the Brewers' minor league fields to get to the ballpark while those who park in the smaller unpaved lot arrive at the ballpark by walking past the team's major league practice fields.
Cost: $5
2021 Brewers Spring Training Schedule(only home games at American Family Fields are listed) |
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Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 | 2 A's 1:10 Tickets | 3 | 4 Indians 1:10 Tickets | 5 | 6 Cubs 1:10 Tickets | |
7 | 8 Angels 1:10 Tickets | 9 Giants 1:10 Tickets | 10 | 11 Royals 1:10 Tickets | 12 | 13 Rangers 1:10 Tickets |
14 | 15 Padres 1:10 Tickets | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 D-backs 1:10 Tickets | 20 |
21 Mariners 1:10 Tickets | 22 | 23 Dodgers 1:10 Tickets | 24 Rockies 1:10 Tickets | 25 | 26 White Sox 1:10 Tickets | 27 |
28 Reds 12:10 Tickets |
Stadium Information
American Family Fields of Phoenix, as it's fully branded, is elegantly simple and fan-friendly. Noted for its openness, the ballpark doesn't have a true exterior facade. Instead, see-through iron fencing forms the perimeter that fronts the ballpark's spacious desert-landscaped plaza, within which there's plenty of native plants. Hues of brown symbolic of the desert are used to color the stadium's various structures, including the sleekest looking press box you'll ever see. More useful to the masses is the brown-painted iron trellised roof that covers the concourse. That shade-casting roof is supported by suspension bridge-style cables that contribute to the interior's distinctive look. Just as eye-catching, the recessed playing field is framed by the green grass of the outfield lawn and the palo verde trees that are behind the berm. Although it's the only Cactus League facility from which you can't readily spot a mountain range, it may be the most pleasant place to watch a ballgame in Arizona, where a few Milwaukee traditions have been brought west. Notable among them are the Sausage Race and the playing of 'Roll Out the Barrel' following the 7th inning stretch. The ballpark was built on land donated by the area's developer, John F. Long, and originally named after the neighborhood it resides in. Mary was the name of Long's wife, hence the name Maryvale, and it was Maryvale Baseball Park in which the Brewers played their home exhibition games from 1998-2018. In conjunction with a $60 million or so stadium and complex renovation unveiled in 2019 a new name came to grace the place, with Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance being the company that acquired naming rights to the spring training grounds of Wisconsin's major league team.
Fast Facts
Practice Fields
Types of Seating
All seats in the grandstand are plastic chairs with backs and are painted blue. The large berm has a steep incline in the outfield.
Notes about the seating
Sections and rows
Tickets
Seats to avoid
None. The stadium's design is simple, yet flawless. There are no obstructions.
Seats in the shade
Fans seeking relief from the always present Arizona sun should sit on the first base side of the ballpark. For the typical 1:05 start the berm above the Brewers bullpen down the right field line is completely in the shade thanks to the position of the sun and the trellised roof above the concourse. The upper half of every odd numbered section, plus sections 100 and 102, are a haven for shade from rows P and up. By 2:30 shade has enveloped most of the seats below the press box, which casts its shadow down upon sections 100-104. Much of the third base side of the ballpark remains sunny throughout the game, with shade finally creeping down its upper rows near game's end. The bottom line is sit in the upper half of any first base seating section and you won't have much need for sunscreen.
VIP seating
Minimal, so Bob Uecker would be proud. There’s just a single suite up in the press box where Uecker himself sits during broadcasts.
Game Day
Gates open approximately an hour and a half before game time, occasionally earlier. The Brewers take batting practice on the field before the gates open and often the visiting team's bus doesn't arrive until about 45 minutes before first pitch. So there's not much point of being inside the stadium when gates officially open at 11:30 a.m. unless you like to watch the grounds crew do their job.
Food, drink and bag policy
Getting autographs
All players enter the field through a tunnel next to the Brewers bullpen down the right field line. That's an unfortunate setup, as it effectively serves as a barrier between player and fan. Pre-game autographs are often more plentiful from the visiting team. Many visiting players will sign down the left field line, between their dugout and bullpen. Visiting team fans should head to sections 114, 116 and 118 about 30 minutes before first pitch. Around that time, autograph activity on the Brewers' side of the stadium begins. Your best bet to snag one is by hanging out in the section (113) next to the home dugout, although some players will stop off first in section 117 to sign on their route to the dugout. Fans will often have more luck getting autographs during and, to a lesser extent, after the game. The reason you'll see a throng of people gathered on the concourse down the right field line near the clubhouse is because some players will sign at the fence there after they have been removed from the game. After it too that's a good place to be, as Brewers that spend many of their minutes autographing for fans have a tendency to do so for those assembled at the white wrought-iron fence that separates the fans' walkway from the players' path to their clubhouse. About 20-30 minutes following the game, but generally just early in the spring, a handful of Brewers will make their way from the Major League clubhouse to the Minor League clubhouse by walking through the crowd outside of the ballpark. They're not hard to miss, as they will be wearing cleats and carrying their equipment.
Unique ballpark fare
It wouldn't be a Brewers game without bratwursts. They're available throughout the ballpark, as are hot dogs, and a search along the concourse with also turn up cheese curds. So a taste of Wisconsin is well-represented at the standard concession stands, which have names like Ballpark Classics and Game Day Grill. Specialty food items, like barbeque, wok fired noodles and kettle corn, are generally found on the third base side concourse and in stalls set up along the outfield concourse. Coke is the soda of choice while beer options are more diverse. The Baseline Brew Bar, behind section 104, boasts the best concentration of beer variety within the ballpark, which always has something from Miller and Leinenkugel's available on tap somewhere.
Ballpark Area Info
Maryvale was once a nice neighborhood. But those days are long gone. To be politically correct, the ballpark is now in an economically depressed section of Phoenix. Essentially, you go to Maryvale, watch the game and leave, although you do have the option of eating at one of the nearby restaurants. To be fair, Maryvale is nowhere near being a slum. It's just a neighborhood where inglés is a second language and you don't want to be after dark, not that a baseball fan ever has to be as the Brewers never play home night games.
Travelers' notes
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Distance | Hotel | Street Address | City/Zip | Phone |
1.7 miles | La Quinta Inn | 4929 W McDowell Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85035 | 602-595-7601 |
1.7 | Extended Stay America | 4861 W McDowell Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85035 | 602-272-8571 |
1.7 | Motel 6 | 1530 N 52nd Dr | Phoenix, AZ 85043 | 602-272-0220 |
1.8 | Red Roof Inn | 5215 W Willetta St | Phoenix, AZ 85043 | 602-233-8004 |
7.5 | Courtyard by Marriott | 1650 N 95th Lane | Phoenix, AZ 85037 | 623-271-7660 |
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Restaurants close to American Family Fields | ||||
Distance | Restaurant | Street Address | City/Zip | Phone |
0.35 miles | Presto Pizza | 5127 W Indian School Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-247-6368 |
0.35 | Subway | 5127 W Indian School Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-247-0056 |
0.35 | Senaduria Mariscos Altata | 5005 W Indian School Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-846-8070 |
0.35 | Sizzler | 5060 W Indian School Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-247-5524 |
0.35 | Peter Piper Pizza | 4105 N 51st Ave | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-247-5100 |
0.35 | Golden Nugget | 4955 W Indian School Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-245-0313 |
0.4 | Tokyo Express | 4105 N 51st Ave | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-245-1166 |
0.4 | New China Buffet | 4105 N 51st Ave | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-245-3535 |
0.4 | Denny's | 4120 N 51st Ave | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-247-4195 |
0.4 | Wendy's | 5225 W Indian School Rd | Phoenix, AZ 85031 | 623-247-6037 |
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Airports close to American Family Fields | ||||
Distance | Airport | Airport Code | ||
8.3 miles | Phoenix Sky Harbor International | PHX | ||
119 | Tucson International | TUS | ||
152 | Yuma International | YUM |
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