With the World Series over, it’s time to start counting down the days until spring training in Surprise, especially now that Major League Baseball has released game times for the schedule.
Surprise Stadium will host six night games — including three in a row March 18 through 20 — among its slate of 30 games for its 23rd season of spring training.
The season runs daily from Friday, February 21 through Saturday, March 22 with most games beginning at 1:05 p.m., including the season opener between the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals.
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With the World Series over, it’s time to start counting down the days until spring training in Surprise, especially now that Major League Baseball has released game times for the schedule.
Surprise Stadium will host six night games — including three in a row March 18 through 20 — among its slate of 30 games for its 23rd season of spring training.
The season runs daily from Friday, February 21 through Saturday, March 22 with most games beginning at 1:05 p.m., including the season opener between the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals.
Night games begin March 1 when the Chicago Cubs make the second of back-to-back visits to Surprise Stadium to play the Royals. The Cubs and Rangers play a day game the day before.
Other night game opponents include the Seattle Mariners (March 5), Colorado Rockies (March 14 and 20), Cleveland Guardians (March 18) and San Francisco Giants (March 19).
Every Cactus League teams make at least one appearance in Surprise next season.
Individual game tickets will go on sale online at SurpriseStadium.com or by phone at 623-222-2222 at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
Promotions will be announced at a later date. The city hinted at the return of Pup Nights, fireworks and special ticket promotion.
The Surprise Stadium Box Office, 15960 N. Bullard Ave., will open for in-person ticket sales at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25.
For the third straight year, the city will close our spring training with a concert festival. The Out of the Park Music fest is set for 2 to 10 a.m. Saturday, March 22 at Mark Coronado Park, just north of Surprise Stadium.
Starting Nov. 12, early-bird general admission tickets to the festival will be $30. The price will eventually go up to $40.
Visit OutOfTheParkMusicFest.com.
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Meet Jason Jason Stone joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2019, after a distinguished three decade media career that included stops at the Arizona Republic, iHeart Media/Clear Channel and Beckett Sports Card magazine. He remembers when airports sold newspapers.
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