Phoenix Municipal Stadium
| Phoenix Municipal Stadium | |
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| Phoenix Muni | |
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| Location | 5999 East Van Buren Street Phoenix, Arizona 85008 |
| Coordinates | 33°26′56″N 111°57′20″W / 33.44889°N 111.95556°W |
| Opened | March 8, 1964 |
| Operator | City of Phoenix |
| Surface | Grass |
| Capacity | 8,775 |
| Field dimensions | Left - 345 ft. Center - 410 ft. Right - 345 ft. |
| Tenants | |
| Oakland Athletics (MLB) (spring training) (1984-2014)[1] Phoenix Desert Dogs (AFL) (1992-present) Phoenix Firebirds (PCL) (1962-1991, 1997) San Francisco Giants (MLB) (spring training) (1964) |
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Phoenix Municipal Stadium is a baseball stadium, located in Phoenix, Arizona. The stadium was built in 1964 and holds 8,775 people. It is the spring training home of the Oakland Athletics and is one of two Spring Training facilities, run by the City of Phoenix. The San Francisco Giants played at the ballpark, during spring training in 1964.
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[edit] Baseball
[edit] Spring training
The first spring training game was played on March 8, 1964, in which the Giants beat Cleveland, 6 to 2. Willie Mays hit the first home run at the park, in front of a crowd of 8,582. In attendance, for the dedication ceremonies, were Commissioner Ford Frick, National League President Warren Giles, and Giants owner Horace Stoneham.[2]
[edit] Other
Reggie Jackson was the first college player to hit a home run out of Phoenix Municipal Stadium.[3] The stadium hosted the Phoenix Firebirds, until 1992, when Scottsdale Stadium was opened. The stadium has also hosted Arizona Fall League games during the fall. Currently, it hosts the home games of the Phoenix Desert Dogs. The Arizona Diamondbacks rookie league games were also played in the stadium, during their first year in the minor-league level Arizona League. Several of the Arizona high school baseball championships are played there in early May.
In the past couple years, the stadium underwent a renovation to improve the press box facilities (they were at the time the only open-air facilities in the Cactus League) and clubhouse areas.
[edit] Concerts
The Police performed at the stadium during their Synchronicity Tour on September 8, 1983. Pink Floyd performed, on two consecutive nights, at the stadium during their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour on April 25–26, 1988.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ballparkdigest.com/201111294363/major-league-baseball/news/oakland-negotiating-move-to-hohokam-park
- ^ "Willie Mays pokes one over center wall as Giants get win". The Bulletin. 1964-03-09. p. 7. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SrwSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3436,3843926&dq=phoenix+municipal+stadium. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ^ Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.84, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
[edit] External links
- Baseball Reference.com: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
- Digital Ballparks: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
- Ballpark Reviews: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
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