Dodger Stadium
| Chavez Ravine, Blue Heaven on Earth |
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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 / 34.07361°N 118.24000°WCoordinates: 34°4′25″N 118°14′24″W / 34.07361°N 118.24000°W |
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Dodger Stadium Express  at Chinatown
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| Owner | Guggenheim Baseball Management |
| Operator | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Capacity | 56,000 |
| Record attendance | 57,099 (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 |
| Built | 1959–1962 |
| Opened | April 10, 1962 55 years ago |
| Construction cost | US$23 million ($182 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury |
| Structural engineer | William Simpson & Associates Inc. |
| Services engineer | SA Bogen Engineers |
| General contractor | Vinell Construction Company |
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Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB) (1962–present) Los Angeles Angels (MLB) (1962–1965) |
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Dodger Stadium Express
connecting to Union Station
Dodger Stadium, occasionally called by the metonym Chavez Ravine, is a baseball park located in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, the home field of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. Opened 55 years ago on April 10, 1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of $23 million, financed by private sources.
Dodger Stadium is currently 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 MLB stadium by seat capacity. Often referred to as a "pitcher's ballpark", the stadium has seen 12 no-hitters, two of which were perfect games.
The stadium hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1980, as well as games of eight World Series (1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, and 1988). It also hosted the semifinals and finals of the 2009 World Baseball Classic as well as exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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