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Space Coast Stadium is a baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 that was completed prior to the 1994 season as part of a development project at Viera, Florida
Viera, Florida

Situated on former Duda Ranch and scrub forest land, Viera is a New town in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, located in the Space Coast region....
, and as part of a deal to bring spring training
Spring training

In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to audition for roster and position spots, and gives existing team players practice time prior to competitive play....
 for the (then new) Florida Marlins
Florida Marlins

The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball based in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise, the Marlins are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
 to the area. It is also the home of the Brevard County Manatees
Brevard County Manatees

The Brevard County Manatees are a minor league baseball team of the Florida State League, and are the Minor league baseball#.22High.22 A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers....
 minor league baseball
Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in North America that compete at levels below that of Major League Baseball....
 franchise. The stadium seats 8,100 fans. The dimensions of the field are as follows: left field - 340 feet, center field - 404 feet, and right field - 340 feet.

In 2002, as part of an agreement involving the sale of the Montreal Expos
Montreal Expos

The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 Major League Baseball season, the franchise was relocated by Major League Baseball, its owners since 2002, to Washington, D.C....
 by Jeffrey Loria
Jeffrey Loria

Jeffrey H. Loria is an art dealer and is also owner of the Florida Marlins. Born November 20, 1940 and raised in Manhattan, Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s....
, the Marlins swapped training sites with the Expos, who had been training in Jupiter, Florida
Jupiter, Florida

.Jupiter is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,328. As of 2006, the population had grown to 50,028, according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research....
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Space Coast Stadium is a baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 that was completed prior to the 1994 season as part of a development project at Viera, Florida
Viera, Florida

Situated on former Duda Ranch and scrub forest land, Viera is a New town in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, located in the Space Coast region....
, and as part of a deal to bring spring training
Spring training

In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to audition for roster and position spots, and gives existing team players practice time prior to competitive play....
 for the (then new) Florida Marlins
Florida Marlins

The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball based in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise, the Marlins are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
 to the area. It is also the home of the Brevard County Manatees
Brevard County Manatees

The Brevard County Manatees are a minor league baseball team of the Florida State League, and are the Minor league baseball#.22High.22 A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers....
 minor league baseball
Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in North America that compete at levels below that of Major League Baseball....
 franchise. The stadium seats 8,100 fans. The dimensions of the field are as follows: left field - 340 feet, center field - 404 feet, and right field - 340 feet.

In 2002, as part of an agreement involving the sale of the Montreal Expos
Montreal Expos

The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 Major League Baseball season, the franchise was relocated by Major League Baseball, its owners since 2002, to Washington, D.C....
 by Jeffrey Loria
Jeffrey Loria

Jeffrey H. Loria is an art dealer and is also owner of the Florida Marlins. Born November 20, 1940 and raised in Manhattan, Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s....
, the Marlins swapped training sites with the Expos, who had been training in Jupiter, Florida
Jupiter, Florida

.Jupiter is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,328. As of 2006, the population had grown to 50,028, according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research....
. The Expos held two seasons of training at Space Coast in 2003 and 2004 before their reformation as the Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball based in Washington, D.C., United States. The Nationals are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
, who have conducted training there since their inaugural season in 2005.

In 2008, the Florida State League All Star Game returned to Space Coast Stadium for the first time in 12 years, with the West Division prevailing over the East Division with a score of 9-3.

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