Progress Energy Park (full name Progress Energy Park, home of Al Lang Field) is a 7,227 seat baseball stadium located on the downtown St. Petersburg, Florida waterfront, it is currently the spring training facility of the Tampa Bay Rays. Originally built in 1922 as the St. Petersburg Athletic Park, the venue was the spring training site of the Boston Braves (now the Atlanta Braves) until 1937. When the Braves left, the St. Louis Cardinals came in and except for 2 years during World War II, trained there through the 1997 season, before the Devil Rays took over in '98. During this time, in 1976, the stadium was rebuilt and renamed Al Lang Field.
On November 9, 2007, Rays President Matt Silverman announced plans to build a new $450 million Rays Ballpark on this site.
