after the 2016 season, playing their last game at Space Coast Stadium on September 4, 2016, losing to the Daytona Tortugas 6–4 before a crowd of 1,573. The Manatees relocated to Kissimmee, to begin play in 2017 as the Florida Fire Frogs. USSSA Space Coast Complex The departure of the Nationals and the Manatees after the 2016 season left Space Coast Stadium without a tenant. With the assistance of the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) moved into the stadium and the surrounding spring training fields, moving its headquarters from Kissimmee to Space Coast Stadium and announcing plans to renovate the entire complex, using US$22 million of its own and US$10 million contributed by Brevard County. USSSA plans to make the complex into an all-turf venue that will host a variety of sports and sports tournaments — advertised by USSSA as "the youth sports capital of the world" — and serve as a center for amateur baseball and softball. Plans called for renovation work to begin in January 2017 and to be complete in the fall of 2017. The new complex, renamed the USSSA Space Coast Complex, will include a renovated Space Coast Stadium with 8,100 seats, 11 suites, a video board, and a turf field for both baseball and softball; a "Championship Field" with video board; four NCAA-softball-regulation turf fields; four baseball/softball fields; four NCAA-regulation turf baseball fields; a "Championship Field" for players aged 8 and under with a video board; an indoor facility for training, rehabilitation, and clinics; improved lighting; and two new concessions. The entire complex will include of turf. A groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation project took place at Space Coast stadium on April 27, 2017. In 2017, Space Coast Stadium became the home field of a professional women's fast-pitch softball team organized by USSSA, USSSA Pride, a National Pro Fastpitch team which played its first game there on June 8, 2017. References External links Details on Space Coast Stadium & Nationals Spring training Space Coast Stadium Views – Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues Tips about Space Coast Stadium and Nationals Spring training Space Coast Office of Tourism Buildings and structures in Brevard County, Florida Miami Marlins spring training venues Grapefruit League venues Minor league baseball venues Montreal Expos spring training venues Spring training ballparks Washington Nationals spring training venues Baseball venues in Florida Softball venues in Florida