10 Facts About Majestic Park

Original Majestic Park was one of the first Major League Baseball spring training facilities.

Jaycee Majestic Park hosted the 1952 Negro World Series featuring Hank Aaron and a 1953 exhibition game featuring Jackie Robinson.

In 1909, the stands for Majestic Park were built at the field by Boston Red Sox owner John I Taylor, who signed a five-year lease on the property as a Spring Training location.

On March 29,1918, the St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, owners of the Majestic Park property cancelled the Red Sox lease for 1919 to utilize a portion of the ballpark area for railroad needs.

In 1918, the original Majestic Park facility was demolished, leading to other fields on the property that had ties to the Major Leagues: Dean Field and Jaycee Park.

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Jaycee Majestic Park was built on the adjacent south side of the lot in 1947 to replace Ban Johnson Majestic Park, which was located across town.

When Dean Field and Jaycee Majestic Park evolved, they hosted the Rogers Hornsby Baseball College, the George Barr Umpire School, the Chicago White Sox Minor League Spring Training and the Hot Springs Bathers as tenants.

The new Majestic Park site contains five baseball fields, as well as grandstands, concession areas, restrooms, warm-up areas, batting cages and playground areas.

Majestic Park Field Built in 1909 as the Boston Red Sox training center, this field was used by the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers.

Majestic Park is recognized as the man who broke the color barrier in Major League baseball.