About Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium opened in 1998 and is the current home for Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training as well as the Jupiter Hammerheads (Single-A, Miami) and Palm Beach Cardinals (Single-A, St. Louis) who compete in the Florida State League. Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium hosted the Montreal Expos for Spring Training from 1998-2003 before the Marlins took their place.

The first game played at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium was on February 28, 1998, between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Montreal Expos, with the Cardinals defeating the Expos 5-0 in front of 6,889 fans. Cardinals' pitcher Cliff Politte threw the very first pitch at the stadium and Mark McGuire hit the first home run at RDCS.

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium is known to be “America’s Busiest Ballpark” with two MLB teams holding their Spring Training games for 30 games in 30 days, as well as two minor league teams playing a combined 132 regular season home games. The state-of-the-art facility is the only facility in the country to host two Minor League Baseball organizations, in addition to Major League Baseball Spring Training.

Roger Dean, Tribute to a Visionary

Roger Houston Dean was born in 1915 and served as a naval officer in World War II. He started his career as an auto dealer with Ford Motor Company in 1947 and became one of the first mega-dealers in the United States. Along with his hard work and dedication, Mr. Dean’s success was achieved by his ongoing goal to create "customers for life" by selling a quality product at a fair price and by providing the best customer service possible.

In 1960, he made Palm Beach County his home and opened his Chevrolet dealership on Dixie Highway and, later, moved the dealership to a new facility on Okeechobee Boulevard and Congress Avenue.

Mr. Dean's daughter, Patty, is continuing her father’s legacy by ensuring that courtesy, honesty, conviction and faith remain at the core of her dealership, Roger Dean Chevrolet of Cape Coral.

The naming rights for our beautiful baseball complex was a surprise gift by Patty Dean, and her husband, Park Miller.