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An event called "Snow Days" debuted at Progressive Field in November 2010. The first day, called "Snopening Day", was held on November 26 and the event continued until January 2, 2011. An ice skating track called the "Frozen Mile" was installed around the warning track, the "Batterhorn" was a snow tubing hill on the bleachers and other events ...
The game, played at Cleveland's Progressive Field, ended with the Blue Jays beating the Indians, 7–4, in 16 innings. [21] The previous record for longest Opening Day game was on April 19, 1960, at Cleveland Stadium. That game, lasting 15 innings, also saw the Indians in a losing effort, 4–2, versus the Detroit Tigers.
Yanik wasn't there, but he remembers that Johnson started against Cleveland when Jacobs Field, now Progressive, opened on April 4, 1994. "In April I saw the new stadium against Kansas City," Yanik ...
Progressive Field was completed first, opening on April 4, 1994, as Jacobs Field. It cost approximately $175 million to build, of which $91 million, or 52%, came from Indians owner Richard Jacobs. The remaining $84 million, or 48%, was from a 15-year sin tax.
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 ...
Cleveland's home was known as Jacobs Field from 1994-2007. "After the newness wore off this 1994 ballpark, renovations have become the order of the day, with the most impressive being food courts ...
It was clear by the start of the 1995 season, the Mariners needed a new stadium in Seattle or they would be moved to a city that could provide them one. The Seattle Mariners did not end up moving from the Kingdome across the street to Safeco Field until the middle of the 1999 season. The inaugural game was played on July 15, 1999, the first ...
In June 1992, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown at the site of the new Jacobs Field before construction of the building began. In 1994, the ballpark opened under the name Jacobs Field as the new home of the Cleveland Indians, which had previously shared Cleveland Municipal Stadium with the NFL's Cleveland Browns. On April 4, 1994, the ...