CoolToday Complex

A back field at the CoolToday Complex, Aug-2019.

The only shade besides the dugouts is for team officials.

A view across to the home dugout.

Chronological Tour: Stop 407

• Location: West Villages Parkway south of Tamiami Trail (US 41 / SR 45), North Port, Fla.
• Opened: 2019
• Home team: Gulf Coast League Braves (2019; selected games 2021-present)

While shade is provided for players and coaches, the spectator bleachers are exposed. This works during spring training, when fans are walking around to the back fields in February and basking in the sun, but not so much during Gulf Coast League season in July and August. The sun became so intense that I abandoned the complex after the first game of a doubleheader (which went into extra innings).

Effective in 2021, most of the complex league games are played on the main field, which has some spectator shade, but the club reserves the right to move a game onto a back field if necessary due to field conditions.