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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).
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. Skip to main content. 24/7 ...
Ebbets Field. Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. It is mainly known for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League (1913–1957). It was also home to five professional football teams, including three NFL teams (1921–1948).
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 ...
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 ...
Eventually, in the late 1950s, the city proposed to Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley that an entirely separate plot of land (a plot not part of or close to Chavez Ravine) be used as the site of a baseball stadium for the Dodgers team, which was exploring a move from Brooklyn's Ebbets Field to Los Angeles. O'Malley declined the original ...
The Dodgers hosted the 1980 All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium for the first time. The Opening Day starting pitcher for 1981 was a 20-year-old rookie from Mexico: Fernando Valenzuela. Pressed into service due to an injury to Jerry Reuss, Valenzuela pitched a shutout that day, and proceeded to win his first 8 decisions through mid-May.