The interior of Cleveland Stadium under construction!
The interior of Cleveland Stadium under construction!
Designed by F. R. Walker, of Walker & Weeks, for the City of Cleveland, in Ohio, Cleveland Stadium was built, for a cost of $3 million, by the Osborn Engineering Company, which also built Yankee Stadium, in New York City, in 1923. Cleveland Stadium was used by the Cleveland Indians baseball team from July 31, 1932 to October 3, 1993, and was demolished in November 1996. The Indians, however, did not move into the stadium, permanently, until 1947, as they still used Cleveland's League Park stadium, which was unlighted. These photos show Cleveland Stadium under construction and near completion. |
Cleveland Stadium had a seating capacity of 78,000, when it opened, on July 1, 1931, and, on September 12, 1954, it set an attendance record of 86,563, for a baseball game between the Indians and New York Yankees. When the Indians first played here, in 1932, its foul lines were 322 feet long and the centerfield wall was 470 feet from home plate. The dimensions of its baseball field continually changed, over the years, most significantly in April 1947, when its centerfield was moved in, to 410 feet, and by 1992 it was reduced to 404 feet. The stadium hosted World Series games in 1948, in which the Indians won the World Series, from the Boston Braves, 4 games to 2, and in 1954, when the Indians lost the World Series, to the New York Giants, 4 games to 0. Cleveland Stadium is also where Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ended, on Thursday, July 17, 1941. |
An outside view of the stadium. The stadium underwent two renovations, in 1967 and 1974. |
Another outside view of the stadium. The stadium hosted Major League Baseball's All Star games in 1935, 1954, 1963, and 1981. |
"Take me out to the ballgame!" A young women in front of the stadium. The stadium's "Gate J" entrance can be seen on the right side of the stadium. |
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