Thawj thawj zaug txij li xyoo 2019, lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav kev cob qhia ballparks xws li Dunedin's TD Ballpark yuav yog … [+]
Tom Layberger
Thawj thawj zaug hauv plaub xyoos kev cob qhia caij nplooj ntoos hlav yuav muaj qhov zoo li qub thiab xav txog nws.
Lub sijhawm Grapefruit thiab Cactus League tau raug txiav ib nrab vim muaj kev sib kis thoob plaws xyoo 2020. Txawm hais tias muaj tag nrho cov sijhawm ua si hauv Florida thiab Arizona xyoo 2021, nws yog ib qho uas tau hais txog me me pab pawg taug kev raws li qhov ua tau thiab ua si ua ntej ntawm kev sib tw cov neeg coob coob vim muaj kev txwv tsis pub tuaj koom. Xyoo tas los, teeb meem kev ua haujlwm ntawm cov neeg ua si thiab cov tswv tsis tau daws kom txog thaum lub lim tiam thib ob ntawm lub Peb Hlis. Qhov tsis paub tseeb txog thaum twg kev ua si yuav pib ua rau ntau qhov kev npaj caij so tsis txaus.
Yuav tsis muaj cov teeb meem zoo li no rau xyoo no, uas yuav tsum ua rau cov tswv lag luam txaus siab, suav nrog Florida sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv uas ntau lub zej zog yuav tsum xav txog qhov cuam tshuam.
Tau kawg, tsis yog txhua yam zoo tag nrho. Kev puas tsuaj rau lawv qhov chaw nyob hauv Port Charlotte los ntawm nag xob nag cua Ian ua rau cov Rays txav mus rau Disney's Wide World of Sports complex hauv Lake Buena Vista txog thaum kawg ntawm Lub Ob Hlis. Nyob rau lub Peb Hlis, tag nrho tab sis cov kev sib tw me me yuav hloov mus rau lawv lub tsev lub caij nyoog ntawm Tropicana Field hauv St.
Txawm hais tias cov teebmeem ntawm lub caij ntuj sov cua daj cua dub tseem tab tom hnov thiab tseem yuav hnov ntau ntev hauv lub puam thiab cov zej zog cov kob hauv thiab ze ntawm Fort Myers, cov tsev kawm caij nplooj ntoos hlav ntawm Boston Red Sox thiab Minnesota Twins, uas yog. ntxiv rau hauv av, npaj txhij rau kev ntaus pob ntaus pob tom qab muaj kev puas tsuaj me me. Cov kiv cua mus saib lub ballparks thiab lwm yam siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam yog ib yam dab tsi cov neeg nyob rau hauv lub cheeb tsam tau heev heev tos ntsoov rau.
"Qhov ntawd yog qhov peb xav tau tam sim no," said Jeff Mielke, tus thawj coj ntawm Lee County Sports Development, uas yog ib tug khub ntawm Lee County Visitors & Convention Bureau. “Peb yuav tsum xav li qub li peb ua tau. Muaj kev cob qhia lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav ntawm lub peev xwm thiab tsis muaj teeb meem kev ua haujlwm yuav ua rau peb lub zej zog muaj kev xav me ntsis ntau dua li peb tau xav nyob rau ib ntus. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev cob qhia lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav no, qhov kev nkag siab ntawm qhov qub uas peb txhua tus tau sim ua kom rov qab ua ke dua tam sim no. "
Lub Rays 'kev hloov chaw txhais tau tias peb pawg yuav ua si lawv cov Grapefruit League games hauv Pinellas County lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav no. Lub Philadelphia Phillies tau nyob hauv Clearwater txij li xyoo 1947 thiab Toronto Blue Jays tau nyob hauv Dunedin txij li lawv lub caij nyoog xyoo 1977.
"Ntawm no hauv St. Pete/Clearwater, peb muaj hmoo tau tuav ntev ob pab pawg hauv Phillies thiab Blue Jays," said Steve Hayes, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Mus ntsib St. Pete/Clearwater. “Lwm lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav no yog Rays yuav siv sijhawm (hauv St. Pete), yog li kuv xav tias peb yuav tau txais pob ntxiv. Thaj chaw no yuav muaj cov kiv cua ntaus pob ntaus pob. Txoj kev uas peb saib, muaj ntau lub cib fim rau cov neeg nyob ntawm no hauv Pinellas County. Lawv kuj tuaj yeem tawm mus rau Bradenton (Pirates), Sarasota (Orioles), Tampa (Yankees) thiab Lakeland (Tigers) kom ntes tau qee pab pawg. "
Kev cob qhia caij nplooj ntoos hlav yuav tsis yog ib qho kev nyiam hauv Pinellas County. St. Pete Grand Prix (Lub Peb Hlis 3-5) thiab Valspar Championship (Lub Peb Hlis 13-19) ntawm Innisbrook Golf Resort hauv Palm Harbor yuav nyiam ntau tus kiv cua kis las uas yuav nyiam koom nrog lwm yam dej num thoob plaws hauv cheeb tsam, tej zaum suav nrog kev noj nyob rau hauv ib lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav kev ua si los yog ob.
Hayes hais tias "Nws yuav yog lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav tsis khoom heev," "Thaum koj ntxiv cov xwm txheej no rau kev cob qhia lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav, koj tab tom tham txog nws booming ntawm no."
Nws yuav tsum tau booming nyob rau yav qab teb Sarasota County. Qhov ntawd yog qhov uas Braves, nyob rau hauv North Port, teeb lub khw tom qab siv 22 xyoo ntawm Disney complex. Lub Braves 'ua si lawv thawj qhov kev ua si hauv lawv qhov chaw cob qhia lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav tshiab thaum kawg ntawm lawv lub sijhawm 2019 Grapefruit League. Li no, qhov no yuav yog Braves 'thawj lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav nrog lub peev xwm tag nrho tso cai ntawm CoolToday Park.
"Cov tswv lag luam nyob ze ntawm lub chaw ntau pob, thiab hauv cheeb tsam dav dav, tsis tau ntsib kev cob qhia lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav tiag tiag," said Virginia Haley, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Mus saib Sarasota. "Lawv zoo siab heev rau nws."
Thaum Port Charlotte, uas nyob hauv Charlotte County, tsis muaj Rays lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav no, CoolToday Park tsuas yog nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm 10 qhov chaw uas pab pawg yuav ua si. Li no, Charlotte County thiab Sarasota County yuav tsum tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav tag nrho ntawm Braves baseball. Muaj tseeb tiag, tom kawg yuav tag nrho qaij nrog Braves hauv North Port thiab Orioles hauv Sarasota.
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"Rau peb ntawm Mus Saib Sarasota, muaj ob pab pawg, ib qho nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm lub nroog nrog O's thiab Braves nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm lub nroog, lawv coj lub zog ntau heev," Haley hais. "Qhov no yuav yog kev txhaj tshuaj ntawm caj npab uas txhua tus yuav xav tau."
Dunedin, tshwj xeeb, yuav tau txais kev txhaj tshuaj ntawm caj npab. Nws tsis yog txog thaum Lub Kaum Hli kawg uas tsoomfwv Canadian tshem tawm tag nrho cov kev txwv hla hla ciam teb. Tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob, ntau tus neeg Canadians tau nqis los zoo ua ntej kev cob qhia lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav xyoo no es tsis txhob tos lawv cov Blue Jays mus rau thaj chaw ntawm TD Ballpark, uas tau tuav pab pawg thawj 21 lub caij ua si hauv tsev hauv 2021.
"Peb twb pom kev nce qib zoo hauv Canadian kev lag luam thiab kuv cia siab tias nws yuav muaj zog heev (thaum Blue Jays lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav pib)," Hayes hais.
Raws li Hayes, ib qho kev qhia txog qhov nce ntawm cov neeg tuaj xyuas los ntawm sab qaum teb ntawm ciam teb tuaj yeem pom ntawm St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. Muaj 266 feem pua ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb nce ntawm Swoop Airlines, tus nqi qis hauv Canadian tus tswv los ntawm WestJet, tuaj txog ntawm tshav dav hlau lub Ib Hlis lub Ib Hlis xyoo 2022.
Hayes hais tias, "Qhov ntawd zoo li, 'Wow," Hayes hais. “Qhov ntawd tsuas yog ib qho kev sib tham xwb. Peb paub tias peb muaj ntau tus neeg Canadians uas tsav tsheb thiab, hauv kev hais lus rau qee lub zej zog anecdotally, lawv pom lawv rov qab los. Qhov kuv cia siab, yog tias xyoo no peb rov qab mus rau tus lej ua ntej kis thoob qhov txhia chaw. "
Qee lub lag luam tuaj yeem tau txais txiaj ntsig ntau dua li ib qho los ntawm kev nce tsheb. Delco's Original Steaks & Hoagies muaj lub khw muag khoom hauv Dunedin ob peb mais ntawm TD Ballpark thiab sawv ntsug hauv BayCare Ballpark, lub tsev ntawm Phillies.
Thaum lub khw tseem ceeb tau ntsib kev nce siab hauv kev lag luam lub caij ntuj no, qhov chaw ballpark yuav tsum ua tau zoo heev rau thawj zaug hauv plaub xyoos. Nws yog ib yam dab tsi co-owners Cyndi Bowers thiab Ed Crowley, ob qho tib si los ntawm Philadelphia suburbs, tab tom tos ntsoov rau.
Bowers tau hais tias "Kev lag luam poob qis heev los ntawm kev ua ntej-Covid," hais tias Bowers, uas nrog Crowley qhib Dunedin qhov chaw nyob rau xyoo 1998 thiab, tom qab ib lub caij nyoog ntawm Phillies lub tsev qub caij nplooj ntoos hlav ntawm Jack Russell Stadium, tau ua ib qho kev sib tw ntawm BayCare Ballpark txij li thaum nws qhib xyoo 2004. "Peb tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej thiab peb twb pom cov lag luam tuaj tos."
Feem ntau Philadelphia cov kis las-themed noj mov, uas tseem muaj ntau Tampa Bay Lightning, Bucs thiab Rays sau thiab ib qho kev sau bobblehead rau khau raj, muaj thiab tseem yuav tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm ntau tus neeg Canadians thiab Blue Jays kiv cua uas siv lub caij ntuj no thiab caij nplooj ntoos hlav thaum ntxov. hauv Dunedin.
"Peb muaj ntau tus neeg Canadians uas tuaj rau hauv lub khw, thiab kuv tau hnov los ntawm cov neeg uas tsis tau nyob hauv nroog hauv ob peb xyoos," said Bowers, uas txaus siab nthuav tawm lub tsho Fred McGriff Blue Jays lub tsho 2023 ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam. tsis ntev los no poob tawm ntawm lub tsev noj mov. "Nws yuav yog qhov zoo rau ib zaug pom ntau tus Phillies thiab Blue Jays kiv cua, ntau tus uas peb tsis tau pom nyob rau ib ntus."
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