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Henley Field is a historic site in Lakeland, Florida. It is located at 1125 North Florida Avenue. Clare Henley, for whom the park was named in 1942, encouraged its construction in an effort to persuade a professional baseball team to train there. On May 23, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The ballpark was renovated prior to the 2002 season at a cost of $250,000. Joker Marchant Stadium, current home of the Detroit Tigers spring games, and Flying Tigers Florida State League games, was renovated during the 2002 season. Henley was renovated to enable the FSL Tigers to play at the historic ballpark during the 2002 season. Henley Field was used as the home ballpark of the fictional Class D Tampico Stogies in the 1987 HBO movie ''Long Gone'' which starred William Petersen and Virginia Madsen. During the film the stadium was known as Smythe Field.〔(Long Gone at the Internet Movie Database )〕 On September 2, 2015 the City of Lakeland announced it would sell Henley Field for $1 million to United Methodist Church affiliated Florida Southern College whose baseball team have used the park for the past 55 years.〔(City of Lakeland to sell historic Henley Field to Florida Southern College for $1 million dollars )〕 Due to the renovation of nearby Joker Marchant Stadium the Lakeland Flying Tigers which is the High End 'A' Minor League baseball club for the Detroit Tigers will play at Henley Field for the duration of their 2016 season. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henley Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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