D-backs announce 2021 Spring Training schedule
PHOENIX - The Arizona Diamondbacks announced their 33-game Spring Training schedule, which features 15 home games and two road games at the award-winning Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. This season will mark the 11th season at the shared Spring Training facility with the Colorado Rockies, on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community land near Scottsdale.
The D-backs officially open their 24th Spring Training on Feb. 27 with a home game against the Rockies at Salt River Fields. The D-backs have 10 games against their National League West rivals and home games vs. Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, among others.
Ticket sales at Salt River Fields are still to be determined and will be announced at a later date. For more information about Spring Training tickets at Salt River Fields, visit dbacks.com/spring.
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is the first Spring Training facility to receive a gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program. The award-winning facility has had 157 sellouts since 2011 and the D-backs and Rockies has drawn more than 300,000 fans at Salt River Fields eight times, the only MLB complex to ever accomplish the feat. The complex has received more than 40 accolades and honors from national and local publications and among the recent awards given to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick are “Spring Training Ballpark of the Decade” by Ballpark Digest, “Best Spring Training Facility” by Arizona Foothills magazine for the sixth consecutive year and “#1 Spring Training Facility” by Concierges magazine.
Salt River Fields is the first Spring Training facility built on Native American land. Owned by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the 140-acre site near the Pima-Loop 101 Freeway and Talking Stick Way consists of separate training facilities and clubhouses accommodating each team as well as an 11,000-seat ballpark featuring a uniquely designed roof structure offering fans in the cross aisle plenty of shade. With a heritage of hospitality, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has been home to the Akimel O'Odham (Pima) and Xalychidom Piipaash (Maricopa) people for more than 4,000 years. Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is a signature property within the Talking Stick Entertainment District, which is also home to Talking Stick Resort & Casino, Talking Stick Golf Club, Topgolf, Medieval Times, Butterfly Wonderworld, iFLY indoor skydiving and much more.