Municipal Stadium, Phoenix, Ariz.

Phoenix Muni

Exterior of Phoenix Muni with Arizona State promotional materials visible, Oct-2016.

A look at most of the seating bowl from down the right-field line.

The view from behind the plate near sunset.

Quick Facts:

Location: Van Buren Street at Priest Drive, Phoenix, Ariz.
Opened: 1964 (renovated 2003)
Home team: Phoenix Giants (1966-85), Firebirds (1986-91), Pacific Coast League; Copper State/Phoenix Prospectors, Freedom Pro Baseball League (2012-13); spring training, Oakland Athletics (1982-2014); Arizona State Sun Devils, Pacific-12 Conference
Capacity: 8,500

Phoenix Municipal Stadium, which sits right on the city line with Tempe, replaced an earlier facility with the same name that was located in downtown Phoenix, not far from the current home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. This Phoenix Muni hosted the Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League for a quarter-century, until they moved up the road a ways to Scottsdale Stadium. It was still used for spring training and the Arizona Fall League for several seasons after that, but with the Athletics moving to a renovated HoHoKam Park in Mesa for the spring of 2015, this park is limited to use by college and amateur teams. Arizona State University is now its primary inhabitant.

While I was not able to get into Phoenix Muni during my April 2004 visit, I was able to get a few decent angles from beyond the fence. I have replaced those photos with shots from October 2016, when an Arizona State staffer was kind enough to let me into the ballpark.

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