To Their Adoring Fans, Older Stadiums Feel Like Home (NY Times)
From The New York Times:
By TYLER KEPNER
Published: October 3, 2008
The Chicago Cubs play at Wrigley Field, built in 1914. The Dodgers play at Dodger Stadium, built in 1962. Those are the two oldest stadiums in the National League, and it is not even close.
(The next oldest ballpark is Dolphin Stadium in Miami, the home of the Florida Marlins since 1993. After that, it is rickety Coors Field in Denver, home of the Colorado Rockies since 1995. Twelve N.L. parks have been built since then, including the NY Mets' Citi Field, which opens next April.)
“There are fewer and fewer stadiums like that — Yankee Stadium until a week ago, Fenway Park,” said Ned Colletti, the general manager of the Dodgers. “The culture of the organizations and the fan experience is interwoven with the field, in some places, and it’s really those that have been around the longest.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/sports/baseball/04baseball.html
By TYLER KEPNER
Published: October 3, 2008
The Chicago Cubs play at Wrigley Field, built in 1914. The Dodgers play at Dodger Stadium, built in 1962. Those are the two oldest stadiums in the National League, and it is not even close.
(The next oldest ballpark is Dolphin Stadium in Miami, the home of the Florida Marlins since 1993. After that, it is rickety Coors Field in Denver, home of the Colorado Rockies since 1995. Twelve N.L. parks have been built since then, including the NY Mets' Citi Field, which opens next April.)
“There are fewer and fewer stadiums like that — Yankee Stadium until a week ago, Fenway Park,” said Ned Colletti, the general manager of the Dodgers. “The culture of the organizations and the fan experience is interwoven with the field, in some places, and it’s really those that have been around the longest.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/sports/baseball/04baseball.html
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