Desert Sun Stadium

{{Short description|Stadium in Yuma, Arizona}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

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| name = Desert Sun Stadium

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| image = Desert Sun Stadium, Yuma, AZ.jpg

| caption = Arizona Winter League on February 24, 2008

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| location = 1280 W Desert Sun Drive
Yuma, AZ 85365

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| built = 1970

| opened = 1970

| renovated = 1984, 2015

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| owner = City of Yuma

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| surface = Grass

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| capacity = 7,500

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| dimensions = 120 yards x 75 yards{{cite web|last1=O’Reilly|first1=Charles|title=Desert Sun Stadium, Yuma, Ariz.|url=http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/yuma.htm|website=Charlie's Big Baseball Parks Page|access-date=July 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418083614/http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/yuma.htm|archive-date=April 18, 2011|date=January 24, 2011}}

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| tenants = Frontera United (UPSL) 2015–2017
Arizona Strikers FC (W-League) 2015
Yuma Scorpions/Panthers (NAL) 2005–2013
San Diego Padres (MLB) (Spring Training) 1970–1993
Yakult Swallows (NPB) (Spring Training) 1979–1998

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Desert Sun Stadium is a converted soccer-specific stadium in Yuma, Arizona, originally built for baseball. It was the spring training home of the San Diego Padres from 1970 through 1993, the North American League's Yuma Scorpions minor league baseball team, the Arizona Winter League, and the Arizona Summer League. The stadium serves as the main field of the Ray Kroc Baseball Complex.

The stadium was built for the 1970 spring training season using a 2% hospitality tax and $100,000 in bonds. The Padres started training in Yuma in 1969 but trained at Keegan Field, on 24th Street, while the new ballpark was being built.{{cite web|url=http://yumalibrary.org/san-diego-padres-in-yuma-spring-training-1969/|title=San Diego Padres in Yuma–Spring Training 1969|first=Jim|last=Patrick|date=February 8, 2016|access-date=January 3, 2019|website=yumalibrary.org|publisher=Yuma County Library District}} The first game was March 6, 1970, with Arizona governor Jack Williams throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/8943343/|title=Kelly keys San Diego 6–1 victory|date=March 7, 1970|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|page=119|agency=United Press International}}

The stadium was expanded again in 1984.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-24-sp-24640-story.html|title=Penant Pays Off For Yuma, Ariz. : Desert Town Rallies' Round Padres' Flag|date=February 24, 1985|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Chris|last=Cobbs}}

In 2015, Desert Sun Stadium was converted to a soccer stadium by OneGoal LLC, an organization that paid for the $15,000 conversion fee.{{Cite news|first=Holly|last=Sweet|title=Yuma City Council to approve Desert Sun Stadium contract|work=KYMA-DT KSWT KECY News|access-date=March 12, 2015|date=March 4, 2015|url=http://www.kyma.com/yuma-city-council-to-approve-desert-sun-stadium-contract|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140010/http://www.kyma.com/yuma-city-council-to-approve-desert-sun-stadium-contract|archive-date=April 2, 2015}} Frontera United had played at Desert Sun Stadium from 2015 to 2017. WWE Wrestling occasionally makes a stop at the complex.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}