Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)

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Wrigley Field

Location:	Los Angeles, California
Opened:	1925
Owner:
Surface:	Grass
Architect:
Current Capacity:	20,457
Build Cost:
Tenants:	Los Angeles Angels (PCL) (1926–1957) Hollywood Stars (PCL) (1926–1935, 1938) Los Angeles Angels (AL) (1961)

1 Stadium History
2 Trivia
3 Field Dimensions
4 Wall Height
5 External Links

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Stadium History

Wrigley Field served as the home of minor league baseball in California for over thirty years. It was named after Chicago Cubs owner William Wrigley, who also owned the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League, and was so christened almost a year before the Chicago ballpark got the name. The Angels called the park home, sharing with the Hollywood Stars before they moved into Gilmore Field, until Walter O'Malley arrived in town with the newly-minted Los Angeles Dodgers. Wrigley sold Wrigley Field and the Angels to O'Malley for $3,000,000 and the rights to the Dodgers' Texas League team in Fort Worth. The Dodgers briefly considered using Wrigley Field as their ballpark, but opted for seating capacity over a ballpark actually built for baseball, and so they moved into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for four seasons.

The expansion Los Angeles Angels spent the 1961 season in Wrigley Field, where they set a record for most home runs allowed in a single ballpark in one season. The Angels moved into Dodger Stadium in 1962 (calling it "Chavez Ravine," the name of the area into which it was built, when they were playing there), and Wrigley Field stood empty until it was demolished four years later.

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Trivia

Before the construction of Dodger Stadium, Wrigley Field was a popular setting for baseball scenes of Hollywood films. The Pride of the Yankees and a film adaptation of Damn Yankees were filmed there.
Wrigley Field had more parking than its Chicago counterpart has even to this day.
Hamburgers were sold here at a price of 10 for $1.

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