Dodger Stadium
Chavez Ravine Blue Heaven on Earth | |
Dodger Stadium in 2015 | |
| Address | 1000 Vin Scully Avenue |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°4′25″N 118°14′24″W / 34.07361°N 118.24000°W |
| Public transit | Dodger Stadium Express |
| Owner | Guggenheim Baseball Management |
| Operator | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Type | Stadium |
| Capacity | 56,000 |
| Record attendance | 57,098 (Dodgers home opener, April 13, 2009) |
| Field size | Left field – 330 ft (101 m) Medium left-center – 360 ft (110 m) True left-center – 375 ft (114 m) Center field – 395 ft (120 m) True center field – 400 ft (122 m) True right-center – 375 ft (114 m) Medium right-center – 360 ft (110 m) Right field – 330 ft (101 m) Backstop – 55 ft (17 m) |
| Surface | Santa Ana Bermuda grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 17, 1959 |
| Opened | April 10, 1962 |
| Construction cost | US$23 million (US$239 million in 2024) |
| Architect | Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury |
| Structural engineer | William Simpson & Associates Inc. |
| Services engineer | SA Bogen Engineers |
| General contractor | Vinnell Corporation |
| Tenants | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB) (1962–present) Los Angeles Angels (MLB) (1962–1965) | |
| Website | |
| mlb.com/dodgers/ballpark | |
Dodger Stadium is a ballpark in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Opened in 1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of US$23 million (US$239 million in 2024). It is the oldest ballpark in MLB west of the Mississippi River, and third-oldest overall, after Fenway Park in Boston (1912) and Wrigley Field in Chicago (1914), and is the largest baseball stadium in the world by seat capacity. Often referred to as a "pitcher's ballpark", the stadium has seen 13 no-hitters, 2 of which were perfect games.
The stadium hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1980 and 2022, as well as the World Series eleven times (1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2017, 2018, and 2024). It also hosted the semifinals and finals of the 2009 and 2017 World Baseball Classics, as well as exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The stadium hosted a soccer tournament on August 3, 2013, featuring four clubs: the hometown team Los Angeles Galaxy, and Europe's Real Madrid, Everton, and Juventus. The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks played a regular season game in 2014 as part of the NHL Stadium Series. The stadium was also the home of the Los Angeles Angels from 1962 through 1965.
The stadium is commonly referred to as Chavez Ravine Stadium (or just "Chavez Ravine"), after the geographic feature in which the stadium sits. It is sometimes referred to as "Blue Heaven on Earth," a nickname coined by Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda.