Dunedin was a 30-minute drive from the Tampa airport with daily flights to and from Toronto and nearby to other Major League spring training sites including the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals in St. Petersburg, the Cincinnati Reds in Tampa, and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton.

The city increased seating by approximately 1,200 to 2,000, and brought trailers to the site to house the team's front office staff.

[7] The Toronto Blue Jays' first exhibition game ever and at Grant Field was scheduled for March 10, 1977 against the Philadelphia Phillies, but was cancelled due to rain.

Wire services reported, "Spectators who arrived too late to purchase tickets inhabited areas down the foul lines, outside the outfield fences and some even took seats in the Babe Ruth League grandstand located down the right field line, some 500 feet away from home plate."

Bill Singer started the game for the Blue Jays and surrendered a lead off homerun to the Mets' Lee Mazzilli.