Tropicana Field — Dimensions, Park Factors & Intelligence

Tropicana Field is the home ballpark of the Tampa Bay Rays, located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The stadium opened in 1990 and seats approximately 25,000 fans. It sits at an elevation of roughly 15 feet above sea level and operates in the Eastern (ET) time zone. The playing surface is artificial turf. It is a fully enclosed, climate-controlled domed stadium. From a hitter's and pitcher's perspective, the outfield measures 315 feet down the left-field line, 370 feet to left-center, 404 feet to straightaway center, 370 feet to right-center, and 322 feet down the right-field line. Its deepest posted distance is center field at 404 feet, while the most reachable corner is left field at 315 feet. As one of the 30 active Major League Baseball ballparks, Tropicana Field combines these fixed dimensions, its 15-foot elevation, and its fixed dome configuration to shape how the ball carries, how pitchers attack the zone, and how run scoring plays out across a season. The Tampa Bay Rays compete in the AL East of the American League, and this venue serves as their fixed home environment for all home games on the schedule. Relative to a typical big-league outfield, the 404-foot center-field distance and 318-foot average corner here place Tropicana Field on the more compact, hitter-accessible end of the league spectrum. The reference figures on this page are evergreen stadium facts rather than daily projections, and they anchor EdgeRanked's park-adjusted MLB projection, weather, and results coverage for this venue.

Tropicana Field is a fixed-dome environment, so wind, temperature, humidity, and precipitation are removed from play. That makes batted-ball carry highly consistent and minimizes the night-to-night variance that open-air parks experience. EdgeRanked's MLB weather intelligence treats this park as a controlled, low-sensitivity environment.

Tropicana Field carries a distinct on-field character driven by its geometry, elevation, and exposure to the elements. The park stands at about 15 feet of elevation in St. Petersburg, Florida, a factor that influences how far well-struck balls travel and how much break pitchers can generate. The corners are close to symmetrical (315 feet to left, 322 feet to right), so neither batter handedness gains an obvious pull-side advantage from the foul lines. Center field plays a fairly standard 404 feet. Because the stadium is fully enclosed, weather is effectively removed from the equation — there is no wind, rain, temperature swing, or humidity effect, producing highly consistent conditions year-round. On EdgeRanked's deterministic park-intelligence scale, Tropicana Field clearly favors hitters and run scoring, grading 65/100 for run environment and 68/100 for home runs. Its extra-base-hit environment rates 45/100, reflecting how the gaps and 404-foot center field reward doubles and triples, while pitcher friendliness sits at 43/100. The artificial-turf surface produces faster, truer ground-ball hops and slightly more balls scooting through the infield than a natural-grass field. With a seating capacity of roughly 25,000, the park's scale and configuration also influence foul territory and the overall feel of at-bats for both hitters and pitchers. Located in St. Petersburg, Florida within the Eastern (ET) time zone, Tropicana Field carries an EdgeRanked weather sensitivity rating of 12/100, a measure of how much day-to-day conditions can move its scoring environment relative to other Major League ballparks. Signature characteristics include: Fixed dome; Catwalk ground rules; Climate-controlled. Taken together, these traits make Tropicana Field a unique environment within Major League Baseball, and they feed directly into EdgeRanked's park-aware projection, weather, and results coverage for Tampa Bay Rays games.