 The team was brought to this desert city in 1986 (formerly the Redwood Pioneers), where the major league team under country music legend and team owner Gene Autry had the Angels use Palm Springs as a spring training camp in Palm Springs Stadium.Palm Springs stadium was originally built in 1950 and was renovated in the late 1990s for use by minor league teams.Although average game attendance was below average of the league in the late 1980s, the P.S.