what is the biggest mlb ballpark?

Answer 1

Coors Field, located in Denver, Colorado is the home field of the National League's Colorado Rockies. It is named for the Coors Brewing Company of Golden, Colorado, which purchased the naming rights to the park prior to its completion in 1995. The Rockies played their first two seasons, 1993 and 1994, in Mile High Stadium before moving to Coors Field, two blocks from Union Station in Denver's Lower Downtown (or LoDo) neighborhood. The park includes 63 luxury suites and 4,500 club seats.

Coors Field has a reputation as a home run-friendly park that, arguably, equals Chicago's venerable Wrigley Field. Though the fences are actually more distant than in most other facilities, the high altitude of the city (which is indeed about one mile above sea level), decreases air resistance on batted balls. Perhaps even more significantly, the low air pressure also causes pitches to break less severely and hence be easier to hit. Other factors include the relatively low height of the fences and very limited foul territory area.

Due to Coors Field's location on Blake Street and its propensity for giving up home runs, Rockies players are informally called the "Blake Street Bombers."

Coors Field was originally planned to be somewhat smaller, seating only 43,800. However, after the Rockies' first season, plans were altered during construction, and new seats, mostly in the center field bleacher section, were added. This section has its own informal name: "the Rockpile."

While most of the seats in Coors Field are dark green, the seats in the 20th row of the upper deck are purple. This marks the city's one mile elevation point.

The only no-hitter at Coors Field was thrown by Hideo Nomo on September 17, 1996. Another game of note was the 1998 MLB All-Star Game.

There have been two 1-0 games in Coors Field history: July 9, 2005, when the Rockies beat San Diego and April 16, 2006, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Rockies.
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External links

* Ballpark Digest visit to Coors Field
* Ballparks of Baseball
* Coors Field images and information
* Aerial photo of Coors Field from Microsoft TerraServer
* Aerial Views of Coors Field, StadiumFind.com


Preceded by:
Mile High Stadium
1993–1994 Home of the
Colorado Rockies
1995–present Followed by:
Current

Coordinates: 39°45′23″N, 104°59′39″W

Answer 2

Regardless what anyone else might say, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum might very well have been the largest park. They drew over 90,000 for each of the 1959 World Series games the Dodgers played against the Chicago 'Go Go' White Sox. In fact, it was due to the distances some people were away from the action that the habit of bringing transisitor radios (remember them?) to the game was begun. The dimensions of LA Memorial Coliseum were as follows:

Dimensions: Left field: 250 (1958), 251.6 (1959); left center: 320 at end of screen rectangle; left center where the fence met the wall: 425 (1958), 417 (1959); center field: 425 (1958), 420 (1959); right center: 440 (1958), 375 (1959), 394 (1960), 380 (1961); right center where the fence met the wall: 390 (1958), 333 (1959), 340 (1960); right field: 301 (1958), 300 (1959); backstop: 60 (1958), 66 (1959); foul territory: very large on third baseline and very small on first baseline.

As far as other parks and their dimensions go, obviously Mile High Stadium , the precoursor to Coors Field hadmore ground to cover. But there are other parks with quirks. Forbes Field's field was so vast that the practice batting cage was stored out in center field. The Polo Grounds had a long center field, but down the lines it didn't make it to 260'. And Yankee Stadium had those monuments in play in left center field.

Answer 3

The Nationals

Answer 4

Big in what sense? Seating? Playing field? Total footprint? Historically?

Biggest stadium to hold MLB in terms of seating... Mile High Stadium when the Rockies played there. Over 76,000.

The other location may have been the LA Coliseum. I'll see if I can find the seating capacity there.

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Answer 5

I think Coors field, which is 347 and 350 down the lines and 415 to center.

Petco is the only one longer down the lines (367/ 382), but is only 396 to center.

The only ones that longer to center are Comerica Park (Detriot), which is 346/ 422/ 330 and Fenway Park (Boston) 310/ 420/ 302.

Somebody else can do the math, but is is cleasrly either Petco or Coors. I think Coors.

Answer 6

Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies

Answer 7

Toronto, Canada

Answer 8

Polo Grounds, NY (home of the Giants) before it was torn down. Center field was practically its own soccer field - just ask the Say Hey Kid.

Answer 9

Dodger stadium. With the new seats it can now hold 56,000 fans. I LOVE LA!!!

Answer 10

minute maid park in houston is 430 something to center.