Cheney Stadium

Cheney Stadium
View into Cheney Stadium
Data
place	2502 South Tyler Street Tacoma , Washington , USA
Coordinates	47 ° 14 '16.9 "  N , 122 ° 29' 51.2"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '16.9 "  N , 122 ° 29' 51.2"  W.
owner	Pierce County
operator	Schlegel Sports Group
opening	2nd January 1960
Renovations	1992, 1998, 1999, 2010/2011
surface	race
architect	EL Mills & Associates Populous (2011 renovation)
capacity	6500 seats
Societies)
Tacoma Giants (1960–1965), Cubs (1966–1971), Twins (1972–1977), Yankees (1978), Tugs (1979), Tigers (1980–1994), Rainiers (since 1995) (all PCL ) Tacoma Defiance ( USLC , since 2018) OL Reign ( NWSL , since 2019)

The Cheney Stadium is a sports stadium in Tacoma in the US state of Washington . The stadium opened in 1960 and was last renovated in 2011. It has a capacity of 6500 seats.

history

In 1957, local businessmen Ben Cheney and Clay Huntington came up with the idea of ​​building a ballpark in Tacoma. Over the next three years, they managed to convince the owners of the San Francisco Giants to move their Triple A team from Phoenix to Tacoma , if a suitable stadium is available. The city council approved the project, and the stadium was built in just three and a half months.

In the following 51 years the stadium remained largely unchanged, so that its age became increasingly visible. That is why it was completely renovated and modernized from September 2010 to April 2011 within just 210 days.

use

The Tacoma Rainiers from the Pacific Coast League , the Tacoma Defiance from the USL Championship and the OL Reign from the National Women's Soccer League play their home games in the stadium.

Web links

Commons : Cheney Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• MiLB.com: Cheney Stadium (English)
• Tacoma Sports: Cheney Stadium (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cheney Stadium. In: MiLB.com. Accessed February 1, 2019 .