Palms Park

Palms Park, the stadium at which the Miami Palms play is located near the beach. In fact, the team owns beach front property to constrict fans from getting a free peek at the game There are no right field seats, instead allowing fans an ocean view. Tickets are available for the beach at a discounted rate. It's more fun, but it doesn't allow for a great view of the game because it is at the same level as the field.
Two main decks ring the stadium that seats about 42,000, a rather large stadium to be sure. Miami has been reluctant to come out for baseball, as has been demonstrated by the Marlins, but the Palms have aggressively marketed themselves to the Hispanic community and have successively attracted fans with low ticket prices and the stadium is frequently near capacity.
Down the lines, it is a symmetrical 337.5 feet to the fences. The center field fence is 406 feet away from home plate. The alleys are not symmetrical, with deeper alley in left field, allowing the beach to come closer to the infield. The straight line the fence in right field takes is reminiscent to Shibe Park, howver the fence is not any higher at any point in the park. The home bullpen is behind the left field fence, and the road bullpen is in right field, but closer to center to allow for the window to the beach. Any home run balls that end up in the bullpens or in the recess between the fence and the bleachers are raffled to anyone who bought a ticket.
Wrap around scoreboards are found above the luxury boxes, and a scoreboard is found behind the road bullpen. Larger Jumbotrons are found in the upper decks in left field and behind home plate.

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