Diamond Park
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Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
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Coordinates | 53°32′12″N 113°29′32″W / 53.536584°N 113.492095°WCoordinates: 53°32′12″N 113°29′32″W / 53.536584°N 113.492095°W |
Owner | Frank Gray[2] |
Capacity | 1500[1] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1906 |
Built | 1907 |
Opened | May 29, 1907[1] |
Construction cost | $6,000[1] |
Tenants | |
Edmonton Eskimos 1909–1911, 1914, 1919–1921, 1922 Edmonton Gray Birds 1912–1913 |
Diamond Park was a 1,500-seat baseball stadium located in Edmonton, Alberta. A covered grandstand provided 500 and bleachers down the first-base line had 1,000 more seats.[1] Constructed by a local businessman Frank Gray, who was also Edmonton's baseball club director, in 1907.[1] Home to the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team (from 1909 to 1914, 1919-1921 and 1922), it was located on the Ross Flats below the Hotel Macdonald.[3] The park is still known as Diamond Park and has a shaled-infield ball diamond,[4] but the stands are gone, likely since 1935 when nearby Renfrew Park was built and replaced Diamond Park as Edmonton's main ball park.
References
- ^ a b c d e Ducey, Brant E. (1998). The Rajah of Renfrew: the life and times of John E. Ducey, "Edmonton's Mr. Baseball". Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-88864-314-4.
- ^ Aubrey, Merrily K. (2004). Naming Edmonton: from Ada to Zoie. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-88864-423-X.
- ^ Person, Dennis; Routledge, Carin (1981). Edmonton:Portrait of a City. Edmonton: Reidmore. p. 87. ISBN 0-919091-05-9.
- ^ "Ball Diamonds: Premier Diamonds". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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