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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).
Dodger Stadium was designed by O'Malley and New York based architect and civil engineer, Emil Praeger with support from Los Angeles based Edward Fickett, FAIA, a fourth generation California native and prolific architect who brought a regional flare to the engineering feat that is Dodger Stadium.
Dodger Stadium rises. Crews broke ground for Dodger Stadium four months later, on September 17, 1959. While it was being built, the Dodgers played games at the Los Angeles Memorial...
To Walter O’Malley, Dodger Stadium was never just a building, or a place to sell tickets. It was “a monument to the O’Malleys.”1 As such, he took an almost obsessive interest in its design and construction, from innovations in precast concrete to the details of the benches in the dugouts. It was the first stadium built solely for major-league baseball since Yankee Stadium 40 years ...
Dodger Stadium was one of the last privately financed baseball only stadiums built and is located near the intersections of the 5, 10, 101, 60 and 110 Freeways near the heart of Downtown Los...
But once ground was broken on September 19, 1959, the construction of Dodger Stadium, a project overseen by O'Malley and architect Emil Praeger and executed by Alhambra-based Vinnell Constructors, was a relatively straightforward project of muscle and machinery.
The idea for Dodger Stadium began in 1957 once the Dodgers moved West from Brooklyn. However, the stadium wasn’t ready for baseball until 1962.
From their arrival in Los Angeles in 1958 until 1961, the Dodgers played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; Dodger Stadium officially opened in 1962.
Designed by Emil Praeger, Dodger Stadium is the third oldest park in Major League Baseball and is famous for its contemporary style and geometric simplicity. It was created with the intent to provide an ultimate viewing experience, with seats that arc around the infield and uninterrupted sightlines.
Dodger President Walter O’Malley privately financed, designed, and built Dodger Stadium, opened April 10, 1962, cherished as a L.A. icon