Choctaw Stadium
Choctaw Stadium (known until August 2021 as Globe Life Park in Arlington) is a stadium in Arlington, Texas. From its opening in 1994 until 2019, it was a baseball park that was home to the of the Major League Baseball team called the Texas Rangers. The ballpark replaced the old home of the Rangers, Arlington Stadium. It closed as a baseball park in October 2019, after which the Rangers moved across the street to a retractable-roof stadium, Globe Life Field.
| The Ballpark The Temple The Globe | |
 Choctaw Stadium | |
| Former names | The Ballpark in Arlington (1994–2004) Ameriquest Field in Arlington (2004–2007) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (2007-2014) Globe Life Park in Arlington (2014–2021) |
|---|---|
| Location | 1000 Ballpark Way Arlington, Texas 76011 |
| Coordinates | 32°45′5″N 97°4′58″W / 32.75139°N 97.08278°WCoordinates: 32°45′5″N 97°4′58″W / 32.75139°N 97.08278°W |
| Owner | Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority |
| Operator | Rangers Baseball Express |
| Capacity | 48,194[1] |
| Record attendance | 52,419 |
| Field size | Left Field Line - 332 feet (101 m) Left Center - 390 feet (119 m) Deep Left Center - 404 feet (123 m) Center Field - 400 feet (122 m) Deep Right Center - 407 feet (124 m) Right Center - 377 feet (115 m) Right Field Line - 325 feet (99 m) Backstop - 60 feet (18 m) |
| Surface | Infield: Y2 Zoysiagrass Outfield: Tifway 419 Bermudagrass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 2, 1992 |
| Opened | April 1, 1994 |
| Construction cost | US$191 million ($275 million in 2024 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | David M. Schwarz Architectural Services, Inc. HKS, Inc. (architect of record) |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore/Datum[3] |
| Services engineer | Dunn Consulting Engineers[4] |
| General contractor | Manhattan Construction Company |
| Tenants | |
| Texas Rangers (MLB) (1994–2019) Dallas Renegades (XFL) (2020–present) North Texas SC (USL 1) (2020–present) | |
After the Rangers moved out, the stadium was rebuilt for football and soccer, and soon gained new tenants in both sports. In football, the Dallas Renegades, a team in the revival of the XFL, started playing there when the league started in February 2020. In soccer, North Texas SC, a team that plays in the third level of U.S. soccer, USL League One, started playing at Globe Life Park in March 2020. The latter team, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas, had played its first season of 2019 at FC Dallas' home of Toyota Stadium in another Dallas–Fort Worth suburb, Frisco.
In August 2021, the stadium received its current name via a sponsorship contract with Choctaw Casinos & Resorts, a Native American casino company.[5][6]
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Choctaw Stadium, then Globe Life Park, in 2018.
Choctaw Stadium before the Midwestern State Mustangs vs. Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football game in 2021
Park by the home plate entrance at Choctaw Stadium.
Greene's Hill in the ballpark's center field in 2006
Field dimensions while a baseball park
The Ballpark during the day
Panorama of Choctaw Stadium, then Globe Life Park, in 2016
References
- ↑ Texas Rangers on the Forbes MLB Team Valuations List
- ↑ "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2008". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ↑ Sports Projects - Datum Engineers
- ↑ "Walker Engineering - Sports & Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ Cardona, Megan (August 26, 2021). "Globe Life Park renamed Choctaw Stadium following naming rights agreement". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article253757073.html. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ↑ New for 2021: Choctaw Stadium. Soccer Stadium Digest. August 26, 2021. https://soccerstadiumdigest.com/2021/08/new-for-2021-choctaw-stadium/. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
Sources
- Green Cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry