Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)
Former baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wrigley Field was a ballpark in Los Angeles, California. It hosted minor league baseball teams in the region for more than 30 years. It was the home park for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), as well as for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) during their inaugural season in 1961. The park was designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, who had previously designed both of the Major League Baseball stadiums in Chicago: Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field.[2] The ballpark was also used as the backdrop for several Hollywood films about baseball, the 1960 TV series Home Run Derby, jazz festivals, beauty contests, and civil rights rallies.[4]
Address | 425 E. 42nd Place Los Angeles, California |
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Coordinates | 34°0′27″N 118°15′58″W |
Owner | William Wrigley Jr, City of Los Angeles |
Operator | City of Los Angeles |
Capacity | 22,000 (1925) 20,457 (1961) |
Field size | Left Field – 340 ft (104 m) L.C. Field – 345 ft (105 m) Center Field – 412 ft (126 m) R.C. Field – 345 ft (105 m) Right Field – 339 ft (103 m) Backstop – 56 ft (17 m) |
Surface | Natural grass; Ivy (walls) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1925 |
Opened | September 29, 1925 |
Closed | 1969 |
Demolished | 1969 |
Construction cost | $1.5 million ($26.1 million in 2017[1]) |
Architect | Zachary Taylor Davis[2] |
General contractor | A. Lanquist[3] |
Tenants | |
Los Angeles Angels (PCL) (1925–1957) Hollywood Stars (PCL) (1926–1935, 1938) Pepperdine Waves (NCAA) (1948) Los Angeles Angels (MLB) (1961) |