Jackie Robinson Ballpark
In 1946, Jackie Robinson played his first integrated spring training game here. The historic ballpark marks the breaking of racial segregation in American professional baseball.
The ballpark sits on City Island in the Halifax River. It opened in 1914, and in 1946 Jackie Robinson played here for the Montreal Royals. The game became a symbol of racial integration in American professional baseball. The ballpark is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and outside stand a statue of him and small museum panels. It is now the home ground of the minor-league Daytona Tortugas. During the season, tickets for evening games cost about $10 to $20. The atmosphere is relaxed, and fireworks nights are common.
Opening hours
Match days during the season; grounds open all day
Nearby sights
- Halifax Historical Museum
- Angell & Phelps Chocolate Factory
- Mary McLeod Bethune Home
- Daytona Beach Boardwalk & Main Street Pier
- Daytona Beach (Beach Driving)
- Daytona Lagoon
- Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art
- Museum of Arts and Sciences