Polo Grounds
| Polo Grounds | |
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| Polo Grounds during the 1913 World Series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics . | |
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 New York City , New York , USA
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 49 ′ 51 ″ N , 73 ° 56 ′ 15 ″ W |
| owner | New York Giants |
| operator | New York Giants |
| start of building | 1890 |
| opening | April 19, 1890 |
| Renovations | 1911 |
| Extensions | 1923 |
| demolition | April 10, 1964 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Henry B. Herts |
| capacity | 56,000 (1963) |
| playing area |
Left Field : 279 ft (85 m) Left Center : 450 ft (137 m) Center Field : 483 ft (147 m) Right Center : 449 ft (136 m) Right Field : 258 ft (78 m) |
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Polo Grounds was the name of three different stadiums in Manhattan , New York City , all of the New York Giants - from 1883 until migrating to - partly overlapping time San Francisco in 1957 as a ballpark were used. While the first stadium was immediately north of Central Park , Polo Grounds II and III were built in the southern part of Washington Heights on 155th Street in the north of the island immediately adjacent.
The name Polo Grounds was created as a generic descriptive term for the first stadium of the name, which was built as a polo stadium, developed into a real name for the stadium of the Giants, which the team received when moving to the new stadium, each time under a different name for the existing stadium, followed. This went so far that Polo Grounds II and III were operated simultaneously and with the change of the Giants from II to III from II Manhattan Field was while the previously Brotherhood Park stadium called now for the third Polo Grounds was. After the reconstruction of the 3rd stadium after a fire in 1911, it was called the Brush Stadium until 1919 . In 1963 the third and last stadium was demolished.
In addition to the main user New York Giants , the MLB teams New York Yankees , the New York Mets and the New York Metropolitans each played in polo grounds for a few years.
Polo grounds were also used for other sports. It was the home stadium for a total of four NFL teams New York Brickley Giants (1921), New York Giants (1925–1955), New York Jets (1960–1963) and New York Bulldogs (1949) and was repeatedly used for soccer games. Among other things, Israel completed its first international match here on September 26, 1948 (USA - Israel 3: 1). The third stadium was also used for major boxing matches.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Yankees Ballpark Chronology. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .