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21-475: VRB may refer to: The IATA code for Vero Beach Regional Airport A 'variable' state in METAR weather reports Vanadium redox battery Vrb, symbol of the mineral vrbaite Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title VRB . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

42-647: Is one of the few commercial airports in the United States to offer free long-term parking for up to 21 days. Dodgertown Holman Stadium is a baseball stadium in Vero Beach, Florida , built in 1953 from an abandoned naval base, to accommodate spring training for the Brooklyn Dodgers as part of a complex now called Historic Dodgertown . In addition to the Dodgers' spring games, it

63-1105: The Chunichi Dragons , the Osaka Buffaloes (Japan), the Samsung Lions , the LG Twins , the SK Wyverns , the Sinon Bulls Taiwanese team, the Nigeria national baseball team , and the Moscow Red Devils . Outside of sports, on March 31, 1961 at 7:30 p.m., famed evangelist Dr. Billy Graham held a Good Friday service at Holman Stadium during his Florida Crusades. The Baltimore Orioles were recruited to move up to Vero Beach in 2010, from their spring home in Fort Lauderdale , but after failing to reach an agreement,

84-1129: The New Orleans Saints , the Green Bay Packers , the Cleveland Browns , the Buffalo Bills , the New England Patriots , the Kansas City Chiefs , the Philadelphia Eagles , and the college teams of the Miami Hurricanes , the Ohio State Buckeyes and the University of South Florida Bulls . Holman Stadium has also played host to some international teams such as the Yomiuri Giants ,

105-560: The SB2A Buccaneer aircraft . In December 1944 the mission of NAS Vero Beach changed to night fighter training using F6F Hellcats and F7F Tigercats . Witham Field in Stuart was designated as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Witham Field and was a subordinate base of NAS Vero Beach. Airfields at Sebastian/Roseland (OLF Roseland) and Fort Pierce (OLF Fort Pierce) also served as outlying landing fields. Air-sea rescue of downed pilots

126-741: The City of Vero Beach rescinded its offer. The city is exploring other options outside of Major League Baseball spring training. Reports surfaced in 2009 that the Major League Baseball Players Association was considering Holman Stadium as an alternate training site for players who entered the spring as unsigned free agents . However, the MLBPA decided not to go forward with the plan. As of 2024, nearby Dodgertown Elementary School has not changed its name. The United Football League expressed an early interest in using

147-494: The FlightSafety Academy in 2021 in order to expand its flight training to the United States. The flight school's focus is to provide a dynamic, engaging, and welcoming flight training environment. Today, Vero Beach Regional Airport is a 1,707-acre (6.91 km ) tower-controlled facility with an FAR Part 139 operating certificate. The airport has seen commercial passenger service from mainly regional airlines in

168-710: The Historic Dodgertown facility as a training and practice grounds, but no agreement to do so was ever reached. During the final ( 2012 ) season, each team utilized a training site in or near its home market. Dodgertown became the Vero Beach Sports Village in 2010. It is now used for sports tournaments including baseball and football tournaments, concerts and other special events. In 2013, former Dodger owner Peter O'Malley and current Dodger ownership, headed by President Stan Kasten, reached agreement to re-brand Vero Beach Sports Village under

189-483: The Vero Beach facility ceased in the mid-1980s when increasing product liability insurance premiums made continued operation financially impossible. Upon limitation of liability by new legislation by United States Congress in the early 1990s, manufacturing began again in 1995. Skyborne Airline Academy, a leading flight training school, is also based at Vero Beach Regional Airport. The company purchased and rebranded

210-556: The complex was transformed for the Dodgers. Historic Dodgertown and Holman Stadium served as their spring home for more than 60 years. In recent decades, Arizona has established itself alongside Florida as the second major center for spring baseball, and the Dodgers were the last Western team in Major League Baseball to still conduct their spring training in Florida, having retained their spring training home even after

231-523: The field. These may have been the inspiration for the dugouts in Johnny Hart 's B.C. comic strip . "This place is so different from any other park", states George Betscha, a batboy at Dodgertown from 2005–2008. "There is so much history here and you can feel it when you walk around." In addition to baseball, the Holman Stadium complex and conference center has hosted training sessions by

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252-467: The installation was reduced to a skeletal staff and in 1947 the Navy closed NAS Vero Beach and returned it to the city for use again as a civil airport. In 1948 Major League Baseball arrived as Bud Holman, a local businessman, invited the Brooklyn Dodgers to take over barracks facilities from the closed naval air station for winter and spring training. The Dodgers liked the area so much that Dodgertown

273-444: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=VRB&oldid=1204828016 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Vero Beach Regional Airport In 1929, Bud Holman, whose sons and grandsons now operate Sun Aviation,

294-597: The offers were too lucrative to overcome the burden of having to reimburse Vero Beach for purchasing the complex. With the Camelback Ranch opening in Glendale in 2009, the Dodgers joined the Chicago White Sox to share the new facility. The Dodgers' last spring training game in Vero Beach was on March 17, 2008. Holman is unique for its open-air dugouts that are literally dug out along the sides of

315-516: The past including USAir Express flights to Melbourne and Orlando in the 1990's. However, commercial service ended for nearly two decades when American Eagle flew its last flight to Miami in February 1996. Elite Airways began operating flights from the airport in 2015 but stopped indefinitely in 2022. The airport currently has scheduled non-stop service on Breeze Airways to Hartford , Providence , Long Island , and White Plains . Vero Beach

336-557: The runways were extended and a year later the Civil Aviation Administration spent $ 250,000 on more improvements. In 1942 the U.S. Navy notified Vero Beach that it had selected its airport for a naval air station and purchased 1,500 acres (6.1 km ) surrounding the airport. The base was commissioned as Naval Air Station Vero Beach in 1942 and initially functioned as an operational training unit training for Naval Aviators beginning in February 1943 with

357-414: The team moved to Los Angeles in 1958. In 2001, the Dodgers seriously considered moving their spring training operations to Arizona, but the city of Vero Beach persuaded them to stay by purchasing the Historic Dodgertown complex from the team and leasing it back for a nominal $ 1 per year. In 2006, the Dodgers again received offers from several Arizona cities, attempting to persuade them to move. Ultimately,

378-643: Was born, a 110-acre (0.45 km ) tract next to the airport, as their training grounds. The Dodgers continued to use the facility even after becoming the Los Angeles Dodgers until they moved to a new facility in Glendale, Arizona in 2008. In 1957 Piper Aircraft selected Vero Beach for a research and development center at the former naval air station; in 1961 Piper moved administrative and manufacturing operations here. By 1967 Piper had expanded its facility to 11 acres (45,000 m ) and its workforce to over 2,000. Manufacturing of Piper Aircraft at

399-485: Was one of the group that built the airport in Vero Beach. The Vero Beach Regional Airport was dedicated in 1930 and in 1932 Eastern Air Lines began refueling there. In 1935 EAL started passenger and mail service from Vero Beach, making Vero Beach the smallest little airport in Florida to have airmail service, continuing until about January 1973. By the end of the 1930s the airport got runway lights and radio and teletype machines; in 1939, using Public Assistance workers,

420-464: Was provided from Fort Pierce. Over 237,100 hours of flight time occurred between 1942 and the base closing in 1946. Base personnel were quartered in the Beachland Hotel, The Sebastian Inn, and other facilities in the community. At its peak NAS Vero Beach was home to 250 aircraft and 1,400 U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel, to include Navy WAVES and Woman Marines . After the war,

441-614: Was the home of the Vero Beach Devil Rays , previously the Vero Beach Dodgers, of the Florida State League , through the 2008 season. The official seating capacity is 6,500. The then-Brooklyn Dodgers were one of the first major league baseball teams to conduct spring training in Florida, establishing their operations in this quiet beachside town in 1948. Previously an abandoned Naval base,

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