Chain of Lakes Park - 1966 -2024

[BravesField]

Our old spring training home from Winter Haven is currently being demolished.

This was our Florida home from 1966 to 1992. I for one have very fond memories of watching the Sox train there.

Another era, another time....

Demolition of historic Florida stadium underway (msn.com)

 

[Trapaholic]

Thank you for finding this and posting it. I played baseball at a small D3 school in Massachusetts, and our "spring break" was a trip to Florida to start our season. My team and I played at Chain of Lakes several times in my 4 years. We never got to play on the main field (I think that was reserved for the better D1 teams haha). We usually played on the backfields which were still well kept and perfectly groomed. This was in the late 00's.

That place really was a time capsule. I remember we took pre-game batting practice at in old indoor cage. It had those old lights that took about 10 minutes to fully turn on. The place had charm, and as a baseball fan, it was a pleasure to play there.