TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM

• Stadium built in 1968, recently rebuilt
• Dimensions:
  • 340' to left
  • 360' to right
  • 420' to center
• Seating Capacity: 9,785
• Signed 15-year lease agreement to train at Tempe Diablo Stadium. This is the fourth year.

You can view a seating diagram of the stadium.

To order by mail:

[Recommended that you first obtain a ticket brochure by mail. Call (602) 438-9300.] Please fill in the number of tickets desired in the appropriate box [on the brochure]for each date. Should the price level you request be sold out, your order will be filled with the next available price level and the appropriate refund will be mailed back to you.

Note your location preference (specific locations not guaranteed):

• 1st Base
• Home Plate
• 3rd Base

Please include $3.00 handling per order. Include your name, address, and home & work phone numbers. Payment by check, money order, or Visa/MasterCard/Dillard's Charge. If paying by credit card, include card number, expiration date, cardholder's name, and cardholder's signature.

Make check payable to Tempe Diablos and mail to:

California Angels, Tempe Diablo Stadium
2200 W. Alameda
Tempe, AZ 85282

Note: If order is received within one week of game date, tickets will be left at Will Call, located at the South Box Office, on the day of the event.

To order by phone:

Starting January 8, 1996, order tickets for any Angel's Cactus League game through your choice of the following:

Dillards

• (602) 678-2222
• (800) 638-4253

Ticketmaster:

• (602) 784-4444
• (714) 740-2000

To order in person:

Visit the Tempe Diablo Stadium box office, conveniently located off I-10, just minutes from downtown Phoenix.

Box Office opens February 12

Hours: 9 am - 5 pm weekdays; 9 am - 4 pm Saturdays

14 games for under $100!

• Reserve the BEST SEATS and sit close to the players, while enjoying the game in a relaxed setting.
• Guarantee the SAME SEAT for every game and every Cactus League team.

BONUS: Receive an Angels 35th Anniversary Collectors cap with every seat purchased.

Season Ticket Packages (price per seat):

Add $3.00 handling fee per order.

Bring Your Co-workers or Friends

• Special Block Seating
• Public Address Welcome to the Group

• First Ball Ceremony
• Public Address Welcome to the Group
• Special Savings of $1.00 off per seat

• First Ball Ceremony
• Public Address Welcome to the Group
• Special Savings of $1.50 off per seat.

• Game tickets so your group can enjoy the game from the Pavilion Group Deck in an exclusive setting
• A full ballpark menu with all the trimmings
• Cash bar for beer and wine
• Note: Limited to groups of 30-200. Space is limited; reserve your group's space today!

March 1		Cactus League Opener: 1/2 price admission
March 3		Disney "Kids" Opener: Each child 12 & under free
		with each paid adult
March 7		Batting Helmet Day (First 500 kids, 12 & under)
March 9		1/2-price admission
March 12		1/2-price admission

Fun Fan Give-aways Every Game

March 9-17 Halos' Fan Fantasy week

On-site parking is available for a price. But the weather's so nice - if you don't mind a little walk, plenty of street parking is available in the industrial park area south of the stadium.

Ah, this ticket brochure was refreshing. A venue that has box seats available, offers half-price days, has promotional giveaways, a free kids day, cheap tickets - damn, take advantage of it because this good stuff can't last long!

It wasn't too long ago that the Angels split their Spring Training home between Phoenix and Palm Springs, California, where the second half of the training season was played at Gene Autry Stadium. I'm not sure of the mechanics of the Angels' move, but it was certainly the right decision. The problem with Spring Training in Palm Springs was four-fold:

1. The Angels went from very short commutes for road games to very long ones, and vice-versa for their opponents.
2. Spring Training often coincides with college Spring Break. I don't know about now (this was before the street "riots," Sonny Bono, and the ban on thong bikinis), but back then student hordes ruled the streets. The traffic jams were unbelievable and unrelenting. It's a long drive to the middle of nowhere (it's in a desert, folks) and the students booked up all the nearby lodging. Certainly, now at my age I wouldn't put up with all that to watch a stupid baseball game, especially if they've banned the thong.
3. Only old, rich people live in Palm Springs. And for only half the year. You have to be rich in Palm Springs so to afford:
   • A swimming pool, and
   • A summer residence in a city whose average daily temperature is below 145° . (Yeah, like I should talk....I live in Arizona).
4. It made no sense. I think the owner of the Angels, Mr. Autry, just wanted to play in a stadium that bore his name. I mean, what other explanation could there be in light of factors 1, 2, and 3?

   And it didn't make any sense to spend this much space on Palm Springs. Oh well, it's just good to have the Angels here for the whole spring.

   By the way, I think it was the Mariners who played in this stadium before they left for the Peoria Sports Complex. I just can't remember, and I'm not a historian.