Spring Training
The Seventh annual Palm Beach Challenge will be held February 26 - March 27, 2010 in Palm Beach County, Florida.
The site is the beautiful, professionally maintained Santaluces Athletic Complex. The Santaluces Athletic Complex was the former minor league spring training site of the Montreal Expos. This facility has four lighted fields of professional dimensions (330. lines, 400. center), new-lighted batting cages, covered seating area, and convenient concession area.
The Palm Beach Challenge offers teams quality spring training, 47 miles of coastline beaches, and 154 golf courses. The 2009 Palm Beach Challenge will offer live batting practice on the field, live infield, no time limits, input into your scheduling, night games, and solid experienced umpires.
The three main reasons to choose Palm Beach County:
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- Santaluces Sports Complex has four beautiful, professionally maintained fields in a wheel configuration.
- Field Dimensions are 330' down the line, 400' center.
- All grandstands are covered
- Former home of Major League Baseball Montreal Expos.
- Additional batting cages on site
- All fields are lighted
- Luxury Spring Training
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2) BASEBALL STRUCTURE |
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- No time limit on games
- Live batting practice on fields
- Live infield practice
- Experienced umpires
- Very reasonable game fees
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3) PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA |
- 47 Miles of beaches on the Atlantic Ocean Affordable Hotels
- Easy airport access for West Palm Beach, Ft.
- Lauderdale, or Miami
- Two Major League Spring Training Teams; Florida Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals train in Palm Beach County
- 160 Golf Courses
- Shopping, Eating and Entertainment in a clean and safe environment
- Palm Beach County's motto is "the best place to play"
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With a comfortable average annual temperature of 78° F (25 °C), Palm Beach County is able to host any type of sporting event any time of the year. South Florida’s tropical climate is unique to any other region in the country and is one of the primary reason’s that an average of 2,000 new residents relocate to Palm Beach County each month.