COMPADRE STADIUM

• Stadium built in 1985
• Dimensions:
  • 335' to left
  • 335' to right
  • 404' to center
• Seating Capacity: 5,000 + approx. 5,000 lawn seating
• Final year at Compadre Stadium. Negotiating for a 15- to 20-year lease with group planning a new stadium in Maryvale. News Flash: Maryvale Stadium Complex construction delayed. The Brewers will exercise the first of five 1-year options to remain at least one more year at Compadre Stadium.

To order by mail:

[Recommended that you first obtain a ticket brochure by mail. Call (602) 895-1200.] Please use the order form [from the brochure] to place your order.

Inspect the Stadium Seating Chart [31k GIF].

There is a service charge of $1 per ticket. Postage fees are based upon the subtotal (Total Ticket Price + Service Charge):

• 0-$50 add $3.00
• $51-$100 add $5.00
• $101+ add $8.00

Mail to:

Compadres
P.O. Box 938
Chandler, AZ 85244-0938

To order by phone:

To order in person:

Handicapped Seating:

Please indicate on your mail order form, at the box office and/or to phone operators if you require handicapped seating. Hadicapped seating is available in field box & club seating only.

Contact the Compadres at (602) 895-1200.

Regrettably, this will be the final season the Milwaukee Brewers will play in Chandler's Compadre Stadium. A new site is being built in the Maryvale area on donated land. Detailed information about this can be found in a letter from the Compadres and a November 11th Phoenix Gazette news article.

Was this a necessary move? Probably not, considering that the facility is only about ten years old (I saw the first game ever played there). But as exhibition baseball continues its quest to emulate the big leagues, financial demands upon local communities increase. The need to compete off the field becomes as important than the one on it. One team sees another get a nice new practice/playing facility, and...well, you know the rest of the story.

It's ironic...a decade ago it looked like the Cactus League would fold as more teams headed for enticing offers in Florida. The construction of Compadre Stadium was a significant contribution to the preservation of the League that is now abandoning them. Hopefully, the Cactus League will continue to grow as the White Sox (?) and others see the sun, and Compadre Stadium will once again have a Major League baseball team that will call it home for one month in spring.

February 16, 1996 New Developments