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Dodger Stadium is a baseball stadium in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.It is the ballpark for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.Opened in 1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of US$23 million (US$232 million in 2023).
The land for Dodger Stadium was purchased from some local owners/inhabitants in the early 1950s by the City of Los Angeles, using eminent domain, with funds from the Federal Housing Act of 1949. The city had planned to develop the Elysian Park Heights public housing project, which was to include two dozen 13-story buildings and more than 160 ...
The Battle of Chavez Ravine refers to resistance to the government acquisition of land largely owned by Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles ' Chavez Ravine. The efforts to repossess the land, which lasted approximately ten years (1951–1961), eventually resulted in the removal of the entire population of Chavez Ravine from land on which Dodger ...
Duke Snider is the first Dodger to get a hit. April 11, 1962: Jim Gilliam becomes the first Dodger to homer at Dodger Stadium, a two-run shot off the Reds' Moe Drabowsky. May 5, 1962: Bo Belinsky ...
To understand how Dodger Stadium became the country's first sports arena with an accredited botanic garden, you have to know that Chaz Perea, the stadium's 36-year-old landscape manager, doesn't ...
The stadium also was the temporary home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1958 to 1961, and was the host venue for games three, four, and five of the 1959 World Series. It was the site of the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game (later called Super Bowl I ) and Super Bowl VII.
Bill Plaschke. June 23, 2024 at 4:00 AM. Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, left, and Dodgers historian Mark Langill pose for a photo together at Dodger Stadium. (Jon SooHoo / Dodgers) He ...
Los Angeles Rams (NFL) (1980–1994) Freedom Bowl (NCAA) (1984–1994) Angel Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Anaheim, California, United States. Since its opening 58 years ago in 1966, it has been the home field of the Los Angeles Angels, a Major League Baseball team. It was also the home stadium of the Los Angeles Rams of the National ...