played occasional home games at Space Coast Stadium during the Washington Nationals′ tenure there. The Florida State League All-Star Game was played at Space Coast Stadium three times. In the first game, on June 22, 1996, the 6,904 people who saw the game set a record for attendance at the annual league all-star game that stood through at least 2015. In the second game, held on June 14, 2008, the West Division prevailed over the East Division by a score of 9–3 with 3,402 fans looking on. The game was played the third and final time at Space Coast Stadium on June 12, 2010, with the South Division defeating the North Division 5–4 in 10 innings before a crowd of 4,133. With a crowd of nearly 18,000 people in attendance, U.S. President George W. Bush held one of his final campaign rallies for the 2004 U.S. presidential election at Space Coast Stadium on October 23, 2004, arriving and departing in his Marine One helicopter. It was one of four campaign stops he made in Florida that day. While he spoke at the stadium, he was momentarily drowned out by the roar of a United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter as it intercepted a stray airplane that entered airspace near the stadium that was restricted during Bush's visit. Between 1997 and March 2011, Brevard County spent US$7.8 million on capital improvements to Space Coast Stadium, $2.8 million of it in 2006 and 2007 in an effort to keep the Nationals from relocating elsewhere. About $5 million worth of improvements funded by Brevard County's tourist tax were made to the stadium between 2005 and 2010. In 2011, the county assessed the stadium site as having a value of US$26.5 million. Departure of the Nationals and Manatees The Washington Nationals held spring training at Space Coast Stadium for the last time in 2016. The team's last game at the stadium was a 7–2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on March 27, 2016. The Nationals′ last scheduled game at the stadium on March 28, 2016, was rained out, resulting in the cancellation of activities planned to commemorate the franchise's history there. In 2017, the Nationals moved their spring training operations to West Palm Beach, where they share facilities with the Houston Astros at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, a facility which opened in February 2017. The Brevard County Manatees also departed