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Dodger Stadium is a ballpark in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.It is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Opened in 1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of US$23 million (US$232 million in 2023).
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.
The 1959 World Series was played partially at the Los Angeles Coliseum while Dodger Stadium was being built. Construction on Dodger Stadium was completed in time for Opening Day 1962. With its clean, simple lines and its picturesque setting amid hills and palm trees, the ballpark quickly became an icon of the Dodgers and their new California ...
Friday's parade celebrating the Dodgers' World Series championship brought an estimated 225,000 people to downtown Los Angeles to cheer the players, who drove the route on double-decker buses. The ...
This season Dodger history will have a new entry, a new landmark, a new hero, the date of June 17. “That’s the anniversary of the first regular season ‘Freeway Series’ game between Dodgers ...
On August 5, 1969, Stargell hit a home run off Alan Foster that left the stadium and measured 507 feet, the longest home run hit at Dodger Stadium. He hit a second home run out of Dodger Stadium on May 8, 1973, against Andy Messersmith, measured at 470 feet (140 m). Dodger Hall of Famer Don Sutton said of Stargell, "I never saw anything like it ...
Dodger Stadium, born in 1962 and now the third oldest park in baseball after Chicago’s Wrigley Field and Boston’s Fenway Park, is a jewel of a place that to this day captures the quirky ...
Dodger Stadium (top), the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Oracle (then AT&T) Park (bottom), home of the San Francisco Giants Ardent fans of each club would be likely to consider the other as their "most hated" rival, [ 29 ] enjoying the other team's misfortune almost as much as their own team's success.