Dodger Stadium
Dodger Stadium is a baseball park in Los Angeles, California. It is the home field of the Major League Baseball team called the Los Angeles Dodgers.[1] It was built in 1962,[1] making it one of the oldest ball parks. (Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois are older.) It is also the largest baseball park in seating capacity.[2]
Dodger Stadium was constructed from 1959 to 1962[3] at a cost of $23 million dollars.[4] A neighborhood called Chavez Ravine had to be torn down to build the stadium.[3] The Los Angeles Angels rented from the Dodgers from 1962 through 1965, before moving to Anaheim Stadium. The Angels called the ballpark Chavez Ravine Stadium.
Over five million people have seen a game in Dodger Stadium.[1] The Dodgers have won four World Series while playing in the stadium, in 1963, 1965, 1981 and 1988.[1]
There was talk of tearing down the stadium to build a football stadium, but that did not happen.[5]
Dodger Stadium Media
Dodger Stadium viewed from the upper deck.
Diagram showing the dimensions of Dodger Stadium Baseball Field. Derived from Google Earth screenshot
Dodger Stadium seat removal, 2005 offseason.
The former all-you-can-eat buffet in the right-field pavilion
Aerial view of Dodger Stadium in 2012
Dodger Stadium during a post-game "fireworks night" promotion, showing the new HD screens in place of the old rectangular video board and scoreboard
Tommy Lasorda's Trattoria, an Italian restaurant in the right field concourse at Dodger Stadium, a product of the minor 2014 renovations
Stairs to upper deck and reserve seats
Landscaping in parking lot
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dodger Stadium History". Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ↑ "The Largest Baseball Stadium". Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Independent Lens . CHAVEZ RAVINE . The History of Chavez Ravine". Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ↑ "Dodger Stadium". Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ↑ "All football in Los Angeles is still political". Retrieved 2009-11-08.
