The Lakeland Flying Tigers are a minor league baseball team based in Lakeland, Florida. Home games are played at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium; opened in 1966 and renovated in 2002-03. The park, which also doubles as the Detroit Tigers spring training home, seats 8,500 fans. Renovations are set to be completed in the spring of 2017. It plays in the Florida State League and has been the High-A affiliate of the Tigers since 1963, one of the two longest unbroken affiliate relationships currently existing. Until November 2006, the team was known as the Lakeland Tigers, with branding similar to the parent club. However the team originated in 1960 as the Lakeland Indians, an affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. After a one-year hiatus, the team was restarted in 1962 as the Lakeland Giant