Desert Sun Stadium is a stadium

Stadium

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 in Yuma, Arizona

Yuma, Arizona

Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....

. It is primarily used for baseball

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, and is the home field of the North American League

North American League

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's Yuma Scorpions

Yuma Scorpions

The Yuma Scorpions are a professional baseball team based in Yuma, Arizona, in the United States. The Scorpions are a member of the Western Division of the independent North American League. From the 2005 season to the present, the Scorpions have played their home games at Desert Sun Stadium at the...

 minor league

Minor league

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 baseball team and plays host to the Arizona Winter League

Arizona Winter League

The Arizona Winter League is the short-season instructional independent winter professional baseball league affiliated with the independent North American League...

 and Arizona Summer League

Arizona Summer League

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. The stadium, which originally opened in 1969, serves as the main field of the Ray Kroc Baseball Complex

Ray Kroc Baseball Complex

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. It was the spring training home of the San Diego Padres

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 from 1969 until 1994, and the Padres still play an annual spring-training game there against members of the Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks

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. WWE Wrestling

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occasionally makes a stop at the baseball complex as well.

Reference Links

• Arizona Winter League's website