The Pros And Cons Of Dodger Stadium

With a background that includes swaying palm trees and the San Gabriel Mountains there is no other ballpark that you could be at other than Dodger Stadium. It’s the third oldest ballpark behind Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, but Dodger Stadium looks as if it is one of the newest stadiums in baseball while keeping its classic charm. The Dodgers franchise was originally located in Brooklyn where they played at Ebbets Field for 44 seasons. Walter O’Malley purchased the team in 1950 and began to work on having a new ballpark built for the Dodgers in Brooklyn. New York City politicians prevented O’Malley from building a ballpark here leading him to look at other options. During this time period cities on the West Coast were growing tremendously,

The stadium was constructed in the hillside with parking lots surrounding the facility allowing fans to enter the stadium on the same level as their seats. Upon entering Dodger Stadium fans encounter a stadium featuring five seating levels, all extending from the left field foul pole to homeplate and to the right field foul pole, except for the top deck. The top upper deck stretches from the first base side to the third base side. Bleachers are located in right and left field and feature a wavy top roof, one of Dodger Stadium’s iconic features. Located behind the bleachers in left and right field are another one of the stadium’s iconic features, two jumbo hexagonal HD

By the start of the 21st century that changed. Before the start of the 2000 season, new field level seats down the foul lines beyond the dugouts and a new expanded dugout section, known as the Dugout Club was added. After the 2004 season the dugouts were pushed forward allowing for several additional rows of Dugout Club seats to be added and additional seating down the foul lines. This project added roughly 1,500 seats to Dodger Stadium but kept the seating capacity at 56,000. The change that most people noticed occurred before the 2006 season when all of the seats were replaced at Dodger Stadium. The seating bowl returned to its original seating color from 1962: yellow, light orange, turquoise, and sky blue. Additionally, box seating was added to the baseline area and the stadium bowl concrete was repaired, resurfaced and refinished. This $20 million renovation project also included the terrace picnic area that seats 500 people outside the Loge level seating entrance. In August 2007, the Dodgers announced the next phase of renovations to Dodger Stadium that widened the concourses and expanded the number of concession areas and restrooms. Before the 2008 season, renovations were completed on the field level that included two new Baseline Box Clubs. Prior to the start of the 2013 season $100 million was spent by