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The ballpark opened as Jacobs Field in 1994 to replace Cleveland Stadium, which the Guardians, then known as the Cleveland Indians, had shared with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. Since 2008, the facility has been named for Progressive Corporation, which purchased naming rights for $58 million over 16 years.
Progressive Field orig. Jacobs Field Home of: Cleveland Indians / Guardians – AL (1994–present) Location: 2401 Ontario Street (southwest, third base); Carnegie Avenue (southeast, first base); Wigman Court (east, right field corner); East 9th Street (northeast, right field); Eagle Avenue (northwest and west, left field and left field corner)
Logo for the Gateway Sports Complex. The Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex is an entertainment complex located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.It opened in 1994 and is owned by the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County and is managed by the Gateway Economic Development Corporation, a non-profit group with board members who are appointed by county and city leaders.
Jacobs Field/Progressive Field is something most Cleveland fans are proud of. "It used to be jokes about the team at the old stadium. The old stadium was dank, the team was poor, 41 years between ...
Credit urban planner and architect Janet Marie Smith, who is still rewriting the ballpark history books." Opened: 1992. ... Cleveland's home was known as Jacobs Field from 1994-2007.
The MLB strike 30 years ago cut Cleveland baseball's first season held at Jacobs Field short. On April 4, 1994, the first game was held at Jacobs Field, which was renamed Progressive Field in 2008 ...
League Park lacked field lighting, so the emergence of night baseball in the 1930s led to the addition of night games to the schedule after lights were installed at the stadium in 1939. In 1940 and from 1942 on, the Indians played the majority of their home slate at the stadium, abandoning League Park entirely after the 1946 season.
The Baseball Heritage Museum was founded in 1997, and was first housed at a location in downtown Cleveland.To correspond with the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Robert Zimmer first displayed his family's collection of baseball historical items at the family jewelry store.