The VIP event was held at the site of the new ballpark at night, featuring a private concert by Pitbull and a fashion show featuring the new uniforms worn by various Marlins players and coaches, including Ozzie Guillén, Logan Morrison, Hanley Ramírez, and Josh Johnson.

Groundbreaking for a new ballpark to replace Tiger Stadium for the Tigers was held on October 29, 1997 and the new stadium was opened to the public in 2000.

To coincide with the new ballpark, the team held a contest to determine a new name for the Wizards once that new ballpark opened, and " TinCaps " was the result.

Prior to its demolition, the old Comiskey Park was the oldest in-use ballpark in Major League Baseball, a title now held by Fenway Park in Boston.

Over 180 boxing matches were held at the ballpark, including fights by Joe Louis.

Scrap metal salvage rallies were held at least once at the stadium during World War II, where people would bring scrap metal to the ballpark to be melted and made into steel for new weapons.

* On March 30, 2008, the Nationals held the grand opening of their new ballpark, Nationals Park, with a rare one game series against the Atlanta Braves.

The company held a contest to name the new ballpark, with " Mind Field " being selected.

Telecommunications company Frontier has held the naming rights to the ballpark since its opening in 1996.

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on October 10, 1995, but actual construction did not begin until August of 1996 due to escalating construction costs and the redesign of the ballpark by architects.

In 2008, Barack Obama held a campaign rally at the ballpark with members of the Tampa Bay Rays, including David Price, who introduced him to the crowd.

Then, in July 2001, the City of Gary and Victory agree on a 15-year lease that would facilitate the building of a state-of-the-art ballpark with construction scheduled to be completed in May 2002 ; the groundbreaking ceremony was held at this time.

Several sales were held to disperse remaining artifacts to baseball fans from across the country who had visited this ballpark, and on May 14, 2011, the park was opened for a final time when the remaining wooden seats, dating to 1932, were dismantled and given to fans on a first-come, first-served basis.

Soccer and softball games are held on Alumni Field, while the Rutgers – Newark baseball team plays at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, a 6, 200-seat ballpark that is home to the Newark Bears, a minor-league professional baseball franchise.

The ballpark he proposed would have held roughly 35, 000 fans making it the smallest park in Major League Baseball.

The city began accepting public comment on the ballpark EIR at the December 1 Planning Commission meeting held at Oakland City Hall.

The ballpark held 12, 000 people.

The team debuted in its new ballpark on April 26, 1995, in an 11 – 9 win over the New York Mets, and proceeded to win seven of their first eight games in the new season.

George Will asserts in his book Men at Work that Fenway Park is a " hitters ' ballpark ", with its short right-field fence ( 302 feet ), narrow foul ground, and generally closer-than-normal outfield fences.

It was played at a ballpark for the first known time in 1934, at a high-school game in Los Angeles, and researchers think it made its debut at a major-league park later that year.

With a brand new ballpark that hosted its first All-Star Game that year, Johnny Oates was hired as the Rangers ' manager.

The ballpark is famous for its outfield walls which are covered by ivy.

The ballpark saw many famous faces during its professional baseball days, including Lou Gehrig, Whitey Ford, and Joe DiMaggio who played for a farm team of the New York Yankees.

It is the only ballpark of its kind in Western Kentucky.

The Rainiers went into playoffs with its home ballpark, Cheney Stadium, under construction.

The ballpark was Houston's first retractable-roofed stadium, protecting fans and athletes from Houston's notoriously humid weather as did its predecessor, the Astrodome, but also allowing fans to enjoy outdoor baseball during favorable weather.

It is the highest professional ballpark in North America ; its natural grass field sits at above sea level.

Despite being hailed as a wonderful venue in its infant years, articles in The Dallas Morning News began to suggest that the ballpark would have been better served by having a dome or retractable roof-much like Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros-due to the often oppressive heat that settles over Texas during baseball season, with temperatures on the field being in excess of 110 degrees.

The ballpark was named Jacobs Field after team owners Richard and David Jacobs, from its inaugural season in 1994 until 2008, when its name was changed to Progressive Field after its naming rights were purchased by the Progressive Insurance Company.

Jackson County continued its plans to build a new ballpark.

It was so named in part for the ballpark sponsor and part for its 1. 6666 ( or 5 / 3 ) pounds of meat.

When the ballpark was brought to the ballot box in the Fall of 1996 for voter approval, the stadium was 15 degrees clockwise from its current position.

In just its first few years of existence, the ballpark has seen its share of historic events primarily due to veteran Giants outfielder Barry Bonds.

This $ 6 million addition was completed in 2008 and its 143 premium seats are just 43 feet from home plate, closer than seats in any other MLB ballpark ( and closer to home plate that the pitcher's mound ).

Koshien is revered as a " sacred " ballpark, and players traditionally bow before entering and before leaving its hallowed field.

This version of the ballpark had its share of quirks.

On September 7, 2011, Baseball Canada announced that historic Labatt Memorial Park in London, Ontario, had won its six-week-long, favourite ballpark contest, winning the final round where it went head-to-head with Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

The park's designation occurred after a six-month-long lobbying effort spearheaded by the volunteer, non-profit organization, The Friends of Labatt Park, which has undertaken a number of initiatives during the past 18 years to enhance and promote the ballpark, its history and ambience.

The cards were die-cut and folded in a manner that when we unfolded, or " popped up ", could stand on its own and give the appearance of a player in action in front of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome ballpark background.

* In 1946, upper deck seats were installed ; Fenway Park is essentially the first double-tiered ballpark in Boston since the South End Grounds of the 1880s.

The game was the first occasion of the use of a designated hitter in a National League ballpark in a regular-season game ; Ryan Howard was the first player to fill the role.

On November 4, 2009, construction workers began tearing down the outfield bleachers, marking the first major structural demolition of the old ballpark.

The Oscar Huber Ballpark was the first lighted ballpark west of the Mississippi in the 1920s.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards was the first such ballpark for Major League Baseball to be built, using early-20th-century styling with 21st-century amenities.

It was also the first ballpark to feature natural grass in a retractable roof stadium.

This led to some shorter-than-usual gaps between the use of those two ballparks: Shibe Park ( later known as Connie Mack Stadium ) in Philadelphia and Sportsman's Park ( the third ballpark with that name ; later known as Busch Stadium, the first of three stadiums with that name ) in St. Louis.

The ballpark was first christened as Enron Field on April 7, 2000, with naming rights sold to the Houston energy and financial trading company in a 30 year, $ 100 million deal.

Also, tradition holds that von der Ahe was the first to sell hot dogs at the ballpark, although some historians dispute this.

On April 11, 1994, the first game at the ballpark, Hollye Minter who was posing for a picture while intoxicated fell 35 feet over a railing in right field, fracturing several bones and causing the team to raise the height of the railings.

* On October 22, 2010, the Rangers clinched their first ever American League pennant at the ballpark after a 6 – 1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, getting the third out in the ninth from former Ranger Alex Rodriguez.

" Arlington Stadium was also the first major league ballpark to sell nachos ( in 1974 ).

On October 21, 2006, Comerica Park hosted the first World Series game in the history of the ballpark ( Game 1 of the 2006 World Series ).

In June 1992, Indians legend Mel Harder, who pitched the opening game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1932, and contemporary stars Charles Nagy and Sandy Alomar, Jr., executed the ceremonial first pitch at the site of the new ballpark before construction began.

The Gateway ballpark and arena were the first sports facilities in the United States to be constructed simultaneously at the same location.

Camden Yards was the first Major League downtown " retro " ballpark.

Heilmann was also the first player to hit a home run in every major league ballpark in use during his career.

The team's first home ballpark was the original Veterans Memorial Stadium, which opened in 1949.

Ryan Howard served as the first DH in a National League ballpark.

The first ballpark used by the early teams was reportedly called Sylvan Park and was located " approximately where the St. Augustine Manor is today " ( Benson, p. 293 ).