PGA TOUR’S VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP TAMPA BAY ROWDIES ST. ANTHONY’S TRIATHLON SKYWAY 10K The area is home to several spring training parks including BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater where the Philadelphia Phillies make their spring home and the TD Ballpark in Dunedin where the Toronto Blue Jays play their spring training games. Local minor-league affiliates, the Clearwater Threshers and Dunedin Blue Jays also play at those stadiums. The spring-training headquarters of the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles — in Tampa, Bradenton and Sarasota, respectively — are all easy to find, navigate and great places to attend afternoon or evening games. Tampa Bay has fondly become known as Champa Bay since its professional sports teams have dominated the fields of hockey, soccer, football and baseball the past couple of years. St. Pete is home to Major League Baseball’s exciting Tampa Bay Rays , who clinched their fourth American League East (AL East) championship in the 2021 postseason. Tropicana Field , familiarly called “The Trop,” is the air-conditioned home of the Rays and a glorious place to catch a game indoors and out of the summer heat. The 72-degree temperature-controlled setting means no rainouts or lightning delays for any games. Soccer fans can visit Al Lang Stadium and watch the Tampa Bay Rowdies play along the city’s picturesque waterfront. The USL Championship pro soccer team recently advanced to the finals in the 2020 season, adding to the Champa Bay winner’s circle. American football fans can hop off the interstate and right into the parking lots of Raymond James Stadium to watch the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers . The stadium also hosts two HOOTERS CLEARWATER OFFSHORE NATIONALS VISITSTPETECLEARWATER.COM 105
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