If You Like - Florida - page 38

( www.floridagrapefruitleague.com ) has 15 pro teams, and two stay when the season starts:
the Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins.
Tampa Bay area The Tampa Bay Rays play the regular season in St Petersburg at Tropic-
ana Field , and the New York Yankees have spring training in Tampa at Steinbrenner Field .
Fort Myers Both the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins hold spring training here.
Jupiter The St Louis Cardinals have spring training at Roger Dean Stadium, and then the
Marlins' minor-league team plays.
Orlando area The Atlanta Braves play within Walt Disney World, and the Houston Astros
hold court in nearby Kissimmee.
Miami Catch a Miami Marlins game amid the South Florida swelter.
The Circus
Sarasota is no longer the winter home of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus,
but it once was, and this has left a circus legacy in Florida that is equal parts nostalgia,
palm-tingling performance and DIY thrills.
Ringling's Circus Museum Truly, this shrine to Ringling's showmanship and the wonder of
the circus is as entertaining and thrilling as the thing itself.
PAL Sailor Circus Performed entirely by kids, and focusing on acrobatics, this may be the
country's most unique circus. It's certainly the most heartwarming.
South Florida Circus Arts School Weren't those kids amazing? Now you try the flying
trapeze. Seriously. Climb the ladder. Stand on the platform. Graaaab the bar…
Cirque du Soleil La Nouba Walt Disney World designed the intimate theater to house this
Cirque show, which, not surprisingly, is the best live entertainment Disney offers.
Gay Nightlife
As much as Manhattan, San Francisco and LA, Florida is a destination for gay travelers. It
hosts some of the wildest parties and has some of the best-organized gay communities in
the country.