Pro Player Stadium Information
Pro Player Stadium is one of the few baseball parks in the majors that also plays host to a football team. The field opened in 1987 for the Miami Dolphins, and in 1993, the Florida Marlins began playing there as well. The left field scoreboard rises to a 33 foot level, part of the reason it’s been nicknamed the “teal monster”, a play on the green monster in Boston’s Fenway Park. The rest of the fencing falls to an 8 foot level everywhere besides left field. The outfield fencing was also designed to include little nooks that make the ball bounce in awkward directions. If you’ve never played Pro Player Stadium as an outfielder, the first experience isn’t always a pleasant one.
The second deck outfield seats are only used for football season, and during baseball season, they’re covered with a canvas. Pro Player Stadium is also equipped with one of the largest parking areas of any stadium, facilitating almost 15,000 cars and more than 250 buses if needed. Infield seats, located from dugout to dugout, only cost $28 a ticket and seats in the “fish tank”, located behind the right center field fences, cost a mere $6 a ticket and $3 for children ages 2-12.
