The Dodgers will kick off a new chapter in the team’s history as they take the spring training action to a new complex in Glendale, Ariz.. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Last-minute grading gets the grounds in order at the sprawling 141-acre complex, shared by the Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Finding space to practice won’t be a problem with 13 fields (complete with plenty of bench seating for fans) available to the two teams. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
The new stadium seats 10,000 with room for 3,000 more on the lawn in a concept called berm seating. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
The action’s all out in the open on the teams’ practice fields. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Team colors are kept in check in favor of a desert-hued palette that gives the structure a more natural bent. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Camelback Ranch sits along Camelback Road, widened in time for the park’s opening but which will likely see traffic at a crawl at game time. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
A groundskeeper makes sure the grass will be greener at the Dodgers’ new spring-training home. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
A meandering waterway divides Dodgers facilities from those of the White Sox. Winding paths alongside the channel will one day become separate walkable “halls” of fame. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Dodgers and White Sox fans share a hope that the scoreboard has some good news in store. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
The view awaiting Dodgers owner Frank McCourt from his spring training office. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Fans should be ready for their day in the sun as shade in the stands will be scarce. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Knees, and backsides, will get a break with the stadium’s extended legroom and seats that are 20 to 22 inches wide. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
A rustic and time-worn technique, rock-filled gabion walls, is used throughout the grounds. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
At the Camelback Ranch facility, a spacious locker room stands ready for players. There’s also plenty of room in the weight room, which is more than twice the size of the one in Dodger Stadium. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
