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Wrigley
Field - Chicago Cubs
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Fenway - Boston Red Sox
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Yankee Stadium - New
York Yankees
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Oriole
Park at Camden Yards - Baltimore Orioles
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Coors Field - Colorado Rockies
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Jacobs
Field - Cleveland Indians
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Turner
Field - Atlanta Braves
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Ballpark at Arlington - Texas Rangers
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Dodgers Stadium - Los Angeles Dodgers
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Safeco Stadium - Seattle Mariners
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Wrigley Field -
Wrigley
Field was built in 1914 and is playing host to Major League Baseball
for the 92nd season in 2005 - and to the Cubs for the 90th year. The
Friendly Confines is the second-oldest ballpark in the majors behind
Boston's Fenway Park (1912).
Fenway -
Generations
have come and gone, but Fenway Park remains, much like it did the day it
opened on April 20, 1912. Fenway Park is actually the second home for the
Sox. In 1901, the Boston Americans became one of the charter members of the
fledgling American League. The Americans played ball at the Huntington
Avenue Grounds, now a part of Northeastern University's campus.
Yankee Stadium -
The
New York Yankees announced the purchase of ten acres of property in the west
Bronx on February 6, 1921. The future home of Yankee Stadium was purchased
from the estate of William Waldorf Astor for $675,000. On April 18, 1923,
"The House That Ruth Built" opened for business.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards -
is state-of-the-art yet unique, traditional and intimate in design. It
blends with the urban context of downtown Baltimore while taking its image
from baseball parks built in the early 20th century. Steel, rather than
concrete trusses, an arched brick facade, a sun roof over the gentle slope
of the upper deck, an asymmetrical playing field, and natural grass turf are
just some of the features that tie it to those magnificent big league
ballparks built in the early 1900's.
Coors Field -
attempts to combine the comforts of a modern
stadium with the atmosphere of the old-time ballparks. It is constructed
with hand-laid brick and has an old-fashioned clock tower atop its main
entrance. It is asymmetrical, with the deepest part of the park (424 feet)
in right-center field, and balls that hit the big out-of-town. scoreboard in
right field are in play.
Jacobs Field -
For years, baseball in
Cleveland was played in mammoth Cleveland Municipal Stadium. "The Mistake by
the Lake," as they called it, had been the home of Cleveland baseball since
it first opened in 1932. Cleveland Municipal Stadium had more than 74,000
seats (more than any other major league park) but few of those seats were
filled when the Indians played. That all changed when Jacobs Field, which
has only 43,345 seats, opened in 1994. Attendance suddenly boomed. In their
first year at the new park, Cleveland averaged 39,121 fans per game.
Turner Field -
In
1992, the Braves took advantage of a unique opportunity during the events
leading up to the 1996 Olympic Games. Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the
multipurpose stadium they had played in since 1966, was becoming obsolete.
The team wanted a new retro style ballpark like the one which had then
recently opened in Baltimore to rave reviews. Meanwhile, a new stadium was
needed for the 1996 Olympics. So, the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games and the Braves agreed to combine their efforts to build another
multipurpose stadium.
Ballpark at Arlington -
was completed in just 23 months and is
a state-of-the-art building with the utmost in customer convenience. Yet,
the 49,115 seat open-air ballpark was designed and built with tradition and
intimacy in mind, containing features such as a granite and brick facade,
exposed structural steel, an asymmetrical playing field, and a home run
porch in right field. Texas architecture is featured throughout, from the
outer facade to the Lone Stars in the concourses and on the seat aisles.
Dodgers Stadium -
Since its
opening in1962, Dodger Stadium has awed spectators with a breath-taking view
of downtown Los Angeles to the south; green, tree-lined Elysian hills to the
north and east; and the San Gabriel Mountains beyond. This 56,000-seat
stadium has parking for 16,000 automobiles on 21 terraced lots adjacent to
the same elevations as the six different seating levels.
Safeco Stadium -
opened
in 1999, and since has gained a reputation locally, regionally and
nationally as a terrific setting for baseball and a great place for baseball
fans. Sweeping views of the downtown Seattle skyline and breathtaking
sunsets over Puget Sound combined with excellent views of game action from
all angles to give fans at Safeco Field an experiences unequalled in Major
League Baseball.
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