Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

Home plate entrance to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Oct-2016.

Desert foliage peppers the outfield areas of the park.

An Arizona Fall League game as photographed from behind the plate.

Chronological Tour: Stop 386

• Location: Pima Road at Indian Bend Road, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Ariz. (map it using Google Maps)
• Opened: 2011
• Home team: Spring training, Arizona Diamondbacks (2011-present), Colorado Rockies (2011-present); Salt River Rafters, Arizona Fall League
• Capacity: 11,000 (7,000 fixed seats)

Rating: 4 baseballs

The new facility was an instant hit, with the Diamondbacks (the team of local interest, playing their home games in central Phoenix) averaging over 11,000 fans per Cactus League game. For one contest during 2014 spring training, they jammed nearly 13,000 into the park.

In addition to spring training, the Major League Baseball-sponsored Arizona Fall League, a prospect development program playing in October and November, utilizes the park.

During 2020, the community installed a memorial to the USS Arizona, the ship that was sunk by Japanese forces at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The community had previously received a flag from the ship; they later received a relic that was part of the boathouse, and a solemn memorial has been installed just outside the ballpark entrance.