Training Grounds

[eMKay]

The football team I support is the Buffalo Bills, this is their training building. It has a regulation field in it, and is next to the stadium. The team store is just inside the main entrance, and there are locker rooms, weight rooms, and a dining hall in the rear.

[Anubis2051]

I'm a Yankees fan. They train each spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida:


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[rantanamo]

Originally Posted by Ganis

really? 6 fields for a soccer team? what a waste.

Can't think of a football club the way you think of U.S. sports franchises where there is 1 team. Think of it more of a Major League Baseball club(all of its minor league franchises). Then you get these places like this that are usually dual team facilities. Each team and their minor squads get about 6 fields and the teams share the stadium. Football and basketball simply don't use a minor league system.

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick(D-Backs


Peoria Sports Complex(Mariners and Padres)


Houston Astros


Camelback Ranch(LA Dodgers and Chicago White Sox)

[RaiderATO]

Champion Stadium at Disney/ESPN's Wide World of Sports (Atlanta Braves)





Flowery Branch, GA - Atlanta Falcons

Best I can find is the google maps view of it. 3 outdoor fields, and an indoor facility.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=falcon...18882&t=h&z=17

[Pennypacker]

These MLB ones all seem to be Spring training camps. Where do the teams actually train during the season, their home field?

[ryebreadraz]

Originally Posted by Pennypacker

These MLB ones all seem to be Spring training camps. Where do the teams actually train during the season, their home field?

They don't really practice during the season. They play games every day so there isn't much time for practice. They get batting practice on the field before games, but that's more of a warm up than anything else. If they want to get practice in then they get to the stadium early and go take ground ball or fly balls or throw or head to the batting cages under the stadium.

[weava]

KC Chiefs offices and practice fields

[Xtremizta]

very nice

[plasticterminator]

I dont know american sports facilities but as far as football is concerned Sheriff tiraspol of moldova takes some beating has three stadia, one regular, one athletics bound, one full size indoors! Plus many pitches and many more being built in additon to all usual centres and two hotels for players and teams etc.

[www.sercan.de]

Any pics?

[Ozric]

Bit of info on it here:
http://www.fc-sheriff.com/eng/club/stadium

[Gutex]

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[RMB2007]

National Football Centre

From Martin Handley * on Flickr:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/2943263...in/photostream



More info regarding this development can be found here:

http://www.thefa.com/St-Georges-Park

[RMB2007]

St. George's Park update.











http://www.thefa.com/St-Georges-Park

[Bobby3]

http://www.losc.fr/en/club/the-domaine-de-luchin

Lille. That's just fabulous.

[plasticterminator]

Originally Posted by Ozric

Bit of info on it here:
http://www.fc-sheriff.com/eng/club/stadium

Yes its awesome but no-one knows about it because not famous club. I visited there last year, they will construct 8 more fields! How many sites have normal stadium, athletics stadium and full size indoor stadium! Plus 2 players hotels, swimming pools gym and 14 training fields! I think real madrid and shakhtar are also excellent.

[pramzan]

Parma's training ground in nearby Collecchio:

Entrance with grass-covered reception/changing room/press building:


Aerial view with blue dot at the entrance: http://www.bing.com/maps/?mm_embed=m...22925218939935

Six full-size pitches, a blue all-weather pitch and an oval running track for warm-ups. (Well, it would be oval if a corner wasn't cut off by farming land!) The SW pitch of the 4 that are together in a rectangle is where the reserves play and the first team play most friendlies; it has a 1,200-seat capacity.

€6.5M plans will be effected to move club offices from the stadium in Parma to the training ground:



Not sure of its exact location in the plot, but perhaps that westerly patch of grass. I don't quite get why it's so expensive though...

Anyway, not the most impressive, but it's ours!

[www.sercan.de]

MKE Ankaragücü SK - Saray Spor Tesisleri

- 650,000m²
- 12x full size pitches
- 2x small picthes
- 1x stadium
- Heliport
- Indoor Sports Hall
- Swimming pool
- 5 Tennis courts
- lake





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[alexandru.mircea]

I'm a sucker for a good rehabilitation / reconversion, but what Lille did exceds any expectations. Brilliant stuff.

[GEwinnen]

FC Schalke 04 will extend the club's training ground (5 regular pitches / 1small pitch) in the following years. The old abandoned Schalke stadium will be converted into 3 pitches plus a small stadium for 8,000 ppl.