Chase Field

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Chase Field
The BOB
The Snake Pit
Chase Field 2006
Chase Field 2006
Data
place United StatesUnited States Phoenix , Arizona
Coordinates 33 ° 26 '43 "  N , 112 ° 4' 1"  W Coordinates: 33 ° 26 '43 "  N , 112 ° 4' 1"  W
owner Maricopa County
start of building November 16, 1995
opening March 31, 1998
costs 354 million US dollars
capacity 49,033 seats
playing area Left Field - 330 ft (101 m)
Left Center - 374 ft (114 m)
Center Field - 413 ft (126 m)
Right Center (deep) - 413 ft (126 m)
Right Center - 374 ft (114 m )
Right Field - 334 ft (102 m)
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The Chase Field (also simply "The BOB" called) is a baseball stadium in Phoenix in the US state of Arizona . It is the home stadium of the Arizona Diamondbacks , a major league baseball team of the National League . The stadium currently holds 49,033 spectators.

history

Inside the stadium

Construction of the stadium began in 1996. It was the second stadium with a sliding roof after the SkyDome in Toronto , now known as the Rogers Center . In 1995 the cost was originally estimated at $ 279 million. Among other things, the rising steel prices ultimately led to massive cost overruns.

The stadium hosted four games of the 2001 World Series between the Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees . The Diamondbacks won all four home games and thus the World Series .

Originally the stadium was Bank One Ballpark after the Bank One of Chicago called. However, after this merged with Chase from New York City , it was named Chase Field on September 25, 2005.

In March 2006, three games of the World Baseball Classic tournament were played at Chase Field.

On July 12, 2011, Chase Field was the first venue for the MLB All-Star Games .

Events

From 2000 to 2005, the Insight Bowl was held at Chase Field. This moved to the Sun Devil Stadium in 2006 .

On January 27, 2019, the wrestling event was here Royal Rumble the WWE held.

Web links

Commons : Chase Field  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Gilbert: D-backs to host 2011 All-Star Game , MLB.com. April 11, 2009. 
Major League Baseball 2020 venues
American League

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National League

Busch Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals) | Chase Field (Arizona Diamondbacks) | Citi Field (New York Mets) | Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia Phillies) | Coors Field (Colorado Rockies) | Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers) | Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati Reds) | Marlins Park (Miami Marlins) | Miller Park (Milwaukee Brewers) | Nationals Park (Washington Nationals) | Oracle Park (San Francisco Giants) | PETCO Park (San Diego Padres) | PNC Park (Pittsburgh Pirates) | SunTrust Park (Atlanta Braves) | Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)