Connie Mack Field

Connie Mack Field

Mack Field
Full name	Connie Mack Field
Former names	Municipal Athletic Field (1924–1926) Wright Field (1927–1952)
Location	West Palm Beach, Florida
Capacity	3,500
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	October 1924
Demolished	February 1992
Tenants
St. Louis Browns (AL) (spring training) (1928–1936) Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics (AL) (spring training) (1946–1962) West Palm Beach Indians (FECL) (1940–1942); (FIL) (1946–1954); (FSL) (1955) West Palm Beach Sun Chiefs (FSL) (1956) West Palm Beach Braves (FSL) (1965–1968)

Connie Mack Field was a ballpark in West Palm Beach, Florida and was the long-time spring training home of the Philadelphia Athletics. The stadium was built in 1924 and named Municipal Athletic Field. Athletic Stadium hosted its first event, a football game, in October 1924. The first baseball game was played in December. It was renamed Wright Field in 1927 for West Palm Beach City Manager George C. Wright. It was renamed Connie Mack Field in 1952 in honor of long-time Philadelphia Athletics manager and owner Connie Mack. It was replaced in 1962 by West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium but the grandstand remained until 1973. Thereafter, the ball field itself remained and was used regularly by neighboring Twin Lakes High School. In 1992 it was bulldozed for a garage for the new Kravis Center. The grandstands held about 2,000; black fans watched from a small section in the right-field corner. Total capacity was about 3,500. Record attendance for baseball was on March 20, 1949 when 6,988 fans saw the A's defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a spring training game featuring Jackie Robinson on the field and then-Secretary of State General George Marshall in attendance.