With their approval, Russell then obtained the legal rights from the Florida state supreme court in Tallahassee to fund the stadium's construction through revenue bonds.

[6] Clearwater Mayor Brown surprised Russell, and announced that the stadium would be named in his honor.

[7] The Florida Winter Instructional Rookie League was a post season minor league in October and November; the Baltimore Orioles' team played their home games at Jack Russell in 1959[8] and the Kansas City A's played at the ballpark in 1960.

The Phillies played their first night game in Clearwater on March 23, 1965, beating the St. Louis Cardinals before 2,937 fans.

[17] The Phillies played their final spring training game at the ballpark on March 28, 2003 against the New York Yankees.

Robin Roberts threw out the ceremonial first pitch, the sell out attendance was 7,224, and the Yankees beat the Phillies 2–0.

[19] The Florida State League granted Clearwater a franchise in September 1984 over the protests of the Bombers and their local supporters.

[20] For the Clearwater Phillies' first-season in the Florida State League in 1985, a new home clubhouse and additional seating were added to the ballpark.

The Clearwater Phillies played their first regular season game at Jack Russell on April 12, 1985 against the Tampa Tarpons.

[23] Willard Scott mentioned it on NBC's Today show, and Paul Harvey talked about it on his syndicated radio program.

Clearwater replaced Snapp with recorded music in 1997 though it was reported he still continued to attend home games at the Stadium.

[25] In a spring training game on April 2, 1993, the Boston Red Sox' Frank Viola and Cory Bailey no-hit the Phillies 10-0 at Jack Russell.

[29] That night, Keith Richards found the guitar riff for (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction in his sleep, when he briefly woke up in his room at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, recorded the riff and the phrase "I can't get no satisfaction", and went back to sleep.

[27] On January 14, 2000, Tampa's Michael "Gold" Rush claimed the vacant National Boxing Association's cruiserweight belt with a technical knockout of Pedro Riveron at 1 minute, 34 seconds into the seventh round in front of 1,500 spectators.

The Winning Inning Baseball Academy, a Christian-based athletic organization, leased the ballpark from the City of Clearwater in 2007.