Dodger Stadium
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 2020 dollars). It is the oldest ballpark in MLB west of the Mississippi River, and third-oldest overall, after Fenway Park in Boston (1912) and Wrigley Field in Chicago (1914), and is the largest baseball stadium in the world by seat capacity. Often referred to as a "pitcher's ballpark", the stadium has seen 13 no-hitters, two of which were perfect games. In addition, Dodger Stadium has been deemed the most popular MLB stadium on social media.
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| Address | 1000 Vin Scully Avenue |
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| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°4′25″N 118°14′24″W |
| Public transit | Dodger Stadium Express from Union Station Rosecrans Harbor Freeway Manchester Slauson Harbor Gateway Transit Center |
| Owner | Guggenheim Baseball Management |
| Operator | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Type | Stadium |
| Capacity | 56,000 |
| Record attendance | 57,098 (Dodgers Home Opener, April 13, 2009) |
| Field size | Left Field – 330 ft (101 m) Medium Left-Center – 360 ft (110 m) True Left-Center – 375 ft (114 m) Center Field – 395 ft (120 m) True Center Field – 400 ft (122 m) True Right-Center – 375 ft (114 m) Medium Right-Center – 360 ft (110 m) Right Field – 330 ft (101 m) Backstop – 55 ft (17 m) |
| Surface | Santa Ana Bermuda grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 17, 1959 |
| Opened | April 10, 1962 |
| Construction cost | US$23 million (US$232 million in 2020 dollars) |
| Architect | Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury |
| Structural engineer | William Simpson & Associates Inc. |
| Services engineer | SA Bogen Engineers |
| General contractor | Vinnell Corporation |
| Tenants | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB) (1962–present) Los Angeles Angels (MLB) (1962–1965) | |
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The Major League Baseball All-Star Game was hosted at the stadium in 1980 and 2022, as well as hosted the World Series ten times (1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2017 and 2018). It also hosted the semifinals and finals of the 2009 and 2017 World Baseball Classics, as well as exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The stadium hosted a soccer tournament on August 3, 2013, featuring four clubs: the hometown team Los Angeles Galaxy, and Europe's Real Madrid, Everton, and Juventus. The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks played a regular season game in 2014 as part of the NHL Stadium Series.
The stadium was also the home of the Los Angeles Angels from 1962 through 1965 and was referred to as Chavez Ravine Stadium (or just "Chavez Ravine"), after the geographic feature in which the stadium sits.
It is sometimes referred to as “Blue Heaven on Earth,” a nickname coined by Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda.