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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).
In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves.The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City.
Here's a chronological list of some of the greatest moments in Dodger Stadium's 60-year history ahead of the 2022 MLB All-Star Game on July 19.
Chavez Ravine was named for Julian Chavez (né Julián A. Chávez), the first recorded owner of the ravine. [6] He was born in New Mexico and moved to Los Angeles in the early 1830s. He quickly became a local leader. In 1844, Chavez purchased 83 acres (34 ha) of the long, narrow valley northwest of the city. There are no records of what Chavez ...
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 ...
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 ...
From the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958, the Dodgers employed a handful of well-known public address announcers; the most famous of which was John Ramsey, who served as the PA voice of the Dodgers from 1958 until his retirement in 1982; he was also well known for announcing at other venerable Los Angeles venues, including ...
The 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the fifth for the team in Southern California, and the 73rd for the franchise in the National League. After spending the previous four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, they began the season by opening Dodger Stadium, the team's new ballpark. The stadium opened on April 10 with a game against ...