DODGER STADIUM

Description

Essentials about the Dodger Stadium in brief

Baseball fans will be drawn to Dodger Stadium when visiting Los Angeles. Located north of downtown Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium is home to the LA Dodgers. Opened in 1962, Dodger Stadium is the third oldest Major League Baseball stadium in the United States. With 56,000 seats, it is even the largest stadium of the MLB. If you can’t get tickets to a Dodgers game, you can still see the stadium. Either take a guided tour or visit the Dodgers Store and then sit in the upper stands of the stadium and enjoy the magnificent scenery (even without baseball players).

The history of the Dodger Stadium

Historically, Dodger Stadium dates back to the former owner of the Dodgers, developer Walter O’Malley. He planned a domed stadium in the early 1950s, but it never materialized. For the construction of the new Dodger Stadium, the construction of public housing, which was actually planned on the site, was stopped – a project that was considered too communist in the USA in the 1950s. In the late 1950s, the houses in the valley of Chavez Ravine were forcibly cleared, and in 1959 construction work began on Dodger Stadium.

Events at the Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium is not only a venue for baseball games, but is also used from time to time for other sports and music concerts. Basketball, cricket, soccer, field hockey and even boxing have been played in the stadium. In addition, many of the world’s most famous pop and rock bands have performed at Dodger Stadium, including the Beatles, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Genesis, KISS, Madonna, Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel and U2. And even Pope John Paul II celebrated a mass in the stadium in 1987.