Located in Bradenton, Florida, approximately 50 miles south of Tampa, LECOM Park is the Spring Training ballpark of the Pittsburgh Pirates. LECOM Park was originally built in 1923. It has …

Cheer on the Bucs in Bradenton! The home opener at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida is Sunday, February 23, 2025. Spring Training Tickets are on sale now.

Pirate City is the Pittsburgh Pirates spring and minor league training facility, located at 1701 27th Street East in Bradenton, FL. All Pirates Major League Spring Training home games are …

Feb 13, 2024 · A tradition that dates back to 1969 begins Wednesday as the Pittsburgh Pirates kick off their Major League Baseball Spring Training in Bradenton.

There are four full-sized practice fields at the Pirate City complex and each one is named for a Pirates legend and Hall of Famer. In numerical order, fields 1 through 4 are named after …

LECOM Park is a baseball field located in Bradenton, Florida. It is the spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates and is named after a 15-year naming rights deal was signed with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, which has its main campus in Erie, Pennsylvania, and also a campus in Bradenton. [ 2 ] .

The Pirates have been training in Bradenton and playing games at LECOM Field (previously known as McKechnie Field) since 1969; before that the Pirates trained in Ft. Myers from 1955 …

Mar 28, 2023 · During its lifetime LECOM Park has served as the Spring Training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Milwaukee Braves, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Boston Red Sox, and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Opening in 1923, the Spring Training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, LECOM PARK, is the oldest stadium in the Grapefruit League. Built in 1923, its first tenant was the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirates moved to the ballpark in 1969 and was originally named McKechnie Field after former Pirates manager Bill McKechnie.

McKechnie Field, now called LECOM Park, and Pirate City have been the spring training home to the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1969. A little history on McKechnie field: it was renamed from …