![]() In 2009 the patio was cleared of bleachers and replaced with two dozen umbrella covered picnic tables. Called the Sandpile in honor of Hi Corbett’s spring training tenant since 1993, the Colorado Rockies, the seats there were the cheapest to be found anywhere in the Cactus League and were a take-off on the Rockpile section found at Coors Field. Sections vary in size and height, ranging from just 12 rows of seats in the original grandstand behind home plate to 33 rows in the east (right field) pavilion.įor many years a small section of bleachers was set up on the patio well down the left field line. All but a handful of those seats are above the interior concourse, so most fans walk up stairs to get to their seats. ![]() In total, those grandstands contain more aluminum bleachers than they do plastic chairs. The entertainment is confined to the playing field, which is as angular as the grandstands that surround it. A kids zone to distract young fans would feel out of place, not that there's room for one. Heck, there aren’t even seats directly behind the dugout. There’s no berm to stretch out on or suites to entertain clients in. So if it's modern amenities you seek, you've come the wrong place. And that was simply a place to watch a baseball game. When it comes to spring training ballparks, Hi Corbett Field is the granddaddy of those still standing.īuilt in 1937 - ten years before the first Cactus League game was ever played - Hi Corbett Field is a reminder of what ballparks used to be.
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