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Coordinates: 33°37′44″N112°22′39″W / 33.628931°N 112.377431°W / 33.628931; -112.377431 The Surprise Recreation Campus is an athletic facility based in Surprise, Arizona. It features such amenities as Surprise Stadium (spring training home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers), 12 baseball fields (6 lighted), and an 8-acre (32,000 m2) multipurpose field (lighted). [1] The facility at one time played host to an independent professional baseball team, the Golden Baseball League's Surprise Fightin' Falcons and currently host a minor league baseball team, the Surprise Rafters of the Arizona Fall League.

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Surprise, Arizona City in Arizona, United States of America

Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 30,848 at the 2000 census; however, rapid expansion has boosted the city's population to 117,517 at the 2010 census, an increase of 281%. As such, it is the second-fastest-expanding municipality in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area and, between 1990 and 2000, it was the sixth-fastest-expanding place among all cities and towns in Arizona. Census estimates in 2017 continue this accelerated growth pattern, with the population now estimated at 134,085.

Surprise Stadium baseball field located at the Surprise Recreation Campus athletic facility in Surprise, Arizona USA

Surprise Stadium is a baseball venue located at the Surprise Recreation Campus athletic facility in Surprise, Arizona, United States. The stadium opened in 2002 and seats 10,714 people. It is the spring training facility for the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers. It is also the home of the Arizona Fall League's Surprise Saguaros. The venue was previously the home of the Golden Baseball League's Surprise Fightin' Falcons, which disbanded after their only season in 2005. Surprise Stadium is owned and managed by the City of Surprise Community and Recreation Services Department.

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