Joker Marchant stadium - wikipedia Joker Marchant stadium Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium Location 2301 Lakeland Hills Boulevard Lakeland, Florida 33805 Coordinates 28 ° 4 ′ 29 '' N 81 ° 57 ′ 3 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.07472 ° N 81.95083 ° W ﻿ / 28.07472 ; - 81.95083 Coordinates : 28 ° 4 ′ 29 '' N 81 ° 57 ′ 3 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 28.07472 ° N 81.95083 ° W ﻿ / 28.07472 ; - 81.95083 Owner City of Lakeland Operator Detroit Tigers ( Stadium Operations ) Delaware North ( Concessions ) Capacity 8,500 Field size Left - 340ft. Center - 420ft. Right - 340ft. Surface Grass Construction Broke ground September 1965 Opened March 12, 1966 Renovated 2002, 2016, 2017 Expanded 1988 Construction cost $360,000 ( $2.72 million in 2017 dollars ) Architect Lakeland Engineering Associates General contractor Frank C. Decker Construction Co. Tenants Lakeland Flying Tigers ( FSL ) ( 1967 -- 2001, 2003 -- 2015, 2017 - present ) Detroit Tigers ( MLB ) ( spring training ) ( 1966 -- present ) GCL Tigers ( GCL ) Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium is a baseball field in Lakeland, Florida. The 8,500 - seat stadium was opened in 1966 and has had multiple renovations, most recently in 2017. It was named after local resident and former Lakeland Parks and Recreation Director Marcus `` Joker '' Marchant. It is the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers and the regular - season home of the minor league affiliates Lakeland Flying Tigers and Gulf Coast Tigers. On March 15, 2011, the largest crowd in the stadium 's history ( 10,307 people ) watched a spring training game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox. Contents 1 Expansions 2 Naming rights 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External links Expansions The stadium could seat 4,900 people when it opened in 1966. In 1988, a bleacher section was added down the left field line, increasing seating capacity to 7,027. In 2002, Joker Marchant Stadium was renovated. The State of Florida 's $4.5 million grant was the biggest chunk of the financing, while the Polk County Tourist Development Council chipped in $2 million. The remainder of the renovation 's cost was paid for by the Tigers and City of Lakeland, increasing capacity to its present 8,500. In October 2014, the Lakeland City Commission announced part of a new agreement with the Detroit Tigers included the start of a $37 million renovation and upgrade of the 50 - year - old stadium, starting in April 2016 after Major League Baseball Spring Training. Funding provided in part by the Detroit Tigers, the City of Lakeland and Polk County. Two construction firms Barton Malow of Southfield, Michigan and Rodda Construction of Lakeland were chosen by the City Commission to oversee the project. The Lakeland Flying Tigers, which are the Detroit Tigers ' High Class ' A ' Minor League club, played their Florida State League season at Henley Field, 1.5 miles away. Naming rights Under a 20 - year deal that ends in 2036, the stadium was renamed Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium on the first day of MLB 's 2017 Spring Training. The Publix supermarket chain is headquartered in Lakeland and their hometown field is the only sports complex for which they have purchased naming rights. Gallery Intersection of Kaline and Horton Way Detroit Tigers spring training game 2009 View from behind home plate References ^ Jump up to : Knight, Graham ( May 29, 2010 ). `` Joker Marchant Stadium ''. Baseball Pilgrimages. Retrieved September 28, 2011. Jump up ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. `` Consumer Price Index ( estimate ) 1800 -- ''. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Zebold, Tom ( April 18, 2011 ). `` Spring Attendance Was 2nd All Time for Detroit Tigers ''. The Ledger. Lakeland. Retrieved March 5, 2014. Jump up ^ Joker Marchant Stadium Renovations on Tap ( Spring Training Online ) Jump up ^ The Ledger Newspaper Online Jump up ^ Claytor, Stephanie ( August 5, 2016 ). `` Lakeland 's Tigers stadium to be renamed, renovated for 2017 ''. Bright House Sports Network. Retrieved September 14, 2016. External links Joker Marchant Stadium Views - Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues Lakeland Parks and Recreation Department official site Detroit Tigers Established in 1901 Based in Detroit, Michigan Franchise History Seasons Records No - hitters Award winners and league leaders Players First - round draft picks Managers Owners and executives Opening Day starting pitchers Ballparks Bennett Park Tiger Stadium Comerica Park Spring training : Whittington Park Plant Field Bosse Field Henley Field Joker Marchant Stadium Culture Paws `` Detroit Rock City '' `` The Bird '' One in a Million : The Ron LeFlore Story Magnum, P.I. Tiger Town For Love of the Game Bless You Boys `` The Singing Hot Dog Man '' Lore 1910 Chalmers Award Disco Demolition Night 2009 AL Central tie - breaker game 28 - out perfect game Important figures Hall of Fame members Sparky Anderson Ty Cobb Mickey Cochrane Sam Crawford Charlie Gehringer Hank Greenberg Harry Heilmann Hughie Jennings Al Kaline George Kell Heinie Manush Jack Morris Hal Newhouser Alan Trammell Ford C. Frick Award recipient Ernie Harwell J.G. Taylor Spink Award recipients Joe Falls Tom Gage H.G. Salsinger Minor league affiliates Player overview AAA : Toledo Mud Hens AA : Erie SeaWolves A Adv. : Lakeland Flying Tigers A : West Michigan Whitecaps Short A : Connecticut Tigers Rookie : GCL Tigers West GCL Tigers East DSL Tigers 1 DSL Tigers 2 Key personnel Owner : Christopher Ilitch General Manager : Al Avila Manager : Ron Gardenhire World Series championships ( 4 ) 1935 1945 1968 1984 American League pennants ( 11 ) American League : 1907 1908 1909 1934 1935 1940 1945 1968 1984 2006 2012 Division titles ( 7 ) East : 1972 1984 Central : 2011 2012 2013 2014 Wild card berths ( 1 ) 2006 Broadcasters TV : Fox Sports Detroit Mario Impemba Rod Allen Kirk Gibson Radio : Detroit Tigers Radio Network WXYT WXYT - FM Dan Dickerson Jim Price History : List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters Seasons ( 118 ) 1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1990s 2000s 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 `` The template below ( Stadiums of the Grapefruit League ) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. '' Stadiums of the Grapefruit League Champion Stadium Charlotte Sports Park Dunedin Stadium Ed Smith Stadium First Data Field FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches George M. Steinbrenner Field Hammond Stadium JetBlue Park at Fenway South LECOM Park Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium Roger Dean Stadium Spectrum Field Ballparks in the Florida State League North Division Dunedin Stadium Osceola County Stadium Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark Spectrum Field Steinbrenner Field South Division Charlotte Sports Park First Data Field Hammond Stadium LECOM Park Roger Dean Stadium Past Ninth Street Park ( pre-1923 ) Clearwater Athletic Field Holman Stadium Jack Russell Memorial Stadium Current ballparks in the Gulf Coast League East First Data Field FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches Roger Dean Stadium Northeast Champion Stadium George M. Steinbrenner Field Pirate City Complex Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium Northwest Bobby Mattick Training Center at Englebert Complex Carpenter Complex George M. Steinbrenner Field Joker Marchant Stadium South Charlotte Sports Park Ed Smith Stadium JetBlue Park at Fenway South Lee County Sports Complex Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joker_Marchant_Stadium&oldid=828925444 '' Categories : Florida State League ballparks Detroit Tigers spring training venues Sports venues in Lakeland, Florida Minor league baseball venues Grapefruit League venues 1966 establishments in Florida Sports venues completed in 1966 Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français 한국어 Edit links This page was last edited on 5 March 2018, at 16 : 19 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: where do the detroit tigers have spring training
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