Peoria Sports Complex, Peoria, Ariz.

Peoria Sports Complex

Main entrance to Peoria Sports Complex, Oct-2016.

The slatted overhang that provides some shade is visible here.

The field during an Arizona Fall League game.

Chronological Tour: Stop 387

Quick Facts:

Location: 83rd Avenue just south of Bell Road, Peoria, Ariz. (map it using Google Maps)
Opened: 1978 (current stadium built 1994)
Home team: Spring training, Seattle Mariners (1994-present), San Diego Padres (1994-present), Chiba Lotte Marines (1995-98); Phoenix Firebirds, Pacific Coast League (alternate site, 1994-97); Sonoran/Peoria Explorers, Freedom Pro Baseball League (2012-13); Peoria Javelinas, Arizona Fall League
Capacity: 10,000

Rating: 3 baseballs

The Peoria Sports Complex originated in 1978 as a set of community ball fields. Since the construction of a professional ballpark on the site in 1994, the facility, about 15 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, has seen plenty of action, most of it in the spring. Two Major League teams use it in March; in addition, one of the Japanese professional teams used it for several seasons, as did a Korean league team. On top of that, the Arizona Fall League, a loop for prospective Major Leaguers that starts during the Major League Baseball playoffs, utilizes the field in October and November.

Site visitor Bob Flynn advises that the Phoenix Firebirds, whose home field was Scottsdale Stadium, used the Peoria ball field on fireworks nights from 1994-97 thanks to a noise restriction in Scottsdale.

Following an initial visit on an Easter weekend with no game going on, I got back here for Arizona Fall League games in 2016.

Game	Date	League	Level	Result
1536	Wed 12-Oct-2016	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	PEORIA 7, Surprise 7, 11 inn, tie
1540	Fri 14-Oct-2016	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	Salt River 5, PEORIA 2
1746	Fri 9-Nov-2018	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	PEORIA 4, Surprise 2
1749	Mon 12-Nov-2018	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	PEORIA 5, Salt River 4, 10 inn
1923	Wed 16-Oct-2019	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	Surprise 4, PEORIA 2
2085	Sat 16-Oct-2021	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	Scottsdale 8, PEORIA 2
2089	Tue 19-Oct-2021	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	PEORIA 4, Salt River 2
2263	Wed 12-Oct-2022	Arizona Fall	Offseason Pro	Mesa 9, PEORIA 2

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