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Dodgers Stadium
Tenants: L.A. Dodgers (NL; 1962-present); L.A. Angels (AL; 1962-1965)
Opened: April 10, 1962
Surface: Santa Ana Bermuda grass
Capacity: 56,000
Parking: 16,000 cars
Architect: Captain Emil Praeger
Builder: Vinell Construction Company
Owner: Los Angeles Dodgers
Land area: 300 acres
Cost: $23 million
Location: In Chavez Ravine, on a hill overlooking downtown Los Angeles. Left field (N by NW), Glendale Boulevard; third base (W by SW), Sunset Boulevard; home plate (S by SW), 1000 Elysian Park Avenue; first base (S by SE), Pasadena Freeway (I-10); right field (E by NE), Los Angeles Police Academy, Elysian Park, and Golden State Freeway (I-5); Stadium Way encircles the park.
Dimensions: Foul lines: 330; power alleys: 380 (1962), 370 (1969), 385 (1983); center field: 410 (1962), 400 (1969), 395 (current); backstop: 65 (1962), 68.19 (1963), 75 (1969); foul territory: large.
Fences: Left-center to right-center: 10 (wood 1962), 8 (1973); foul poles to bullpens in left- and right-field corners: 3.75 (steel 1962), 3.83 (1969); "The Dip" (where low corner steel wall and screen bullpen fence meet): 3.42 (1962), 3.5 (1969).
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