WHERE: Camelback Ranch in Glendale, the new spring home of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Think heat, not humidity; saguaro cactuses in lieu of swaying palms; fajitas instead of fried fish.

The new $100 million stadium complex, in an innovative park-like setting, puts the Dodgers at ground zero of the spring training boom in the western suburbs of Phoenix.

By the end of 2010, 11 major league teams will be playing in six stadiums within seven miles of one another. That means fans can catch home and away games with a minimum of drive time. The Dodgers will play 17 spring games at their new home.

It's spacious. At the 141-acre complex in Glendale, the weight room is more than twice the size of the one in Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers share the facility — leased from the city of Glendale — with the Chicago White Sox. Most of the spring training sites in Arizona are built as two-team facilities. With more than one home team, stadiums can have games every day of the season and the host city that underwrites the park can welcome the wallets of two fan bases.

At Camelback, the teams have separate offices and clubhouses that overlook the stadium's main field. Each team has 6 1/2 practice fields that fan out from the central hubs.

This setup makes it easy for fans to wander around before a game and study the activity on nearby fields.

THE STATS: Baseball isn't the only sport: The lower of two ponds on site is stocked with carp and soon will have a mix of bluegill, bass and catfish; catch-and-release fishing is encouraged.