Fenway Park
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ballpark in Boston, Massachusetts; home of the Boston Red Sox
Key facts
- Address
- 4 Jersey Street
- Location
- Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Owner
- Fenway Sports Group
- Operator
- Fenway Sports Group / Boston Red Sox
- Capacity
- 37,305 (day), 37,755 (night)
- Surface
- Kentucky Blue Grass
- Record attendance
- 47,627 (September 22, 1935)
- Field size
- Left Field : 310 ft (94.5 m) Deep Left-Center : 379 ft (115.5 m) Center Field : 389 ft 9 in (118.8 m) Deep Right-Center : 420 ft (128 m) Right Center : 380 ft (115.8 m) Right Field : 302 ft (92 m) Backstop : 60 ft (18.3 m)
- Public transit
- Framingham/Worcester Line , at Lansdowne , Green Line , at Kenmore and Fenway
- Groundbreaking
- September 25, 1911 ( 1911-09-25 )
- Opened
- April 20, 1912 ( 1912-04-20 )
- Renovated
- 1988, 2002–2011, 2017
- Expanded
- 1934, 1946, 2002–2011, 2017, 2022
- Construction cost
- US$650,000, ($21.7 million in 2025 dollars )
- Architect
- James E. McLaughlin
- Structural engineer
- Osborn Engineering Corp.
- General contractor
- Charles Logue Building Company, Coleman Brothers, Inc.
- Added to nrhp
- March 7, 2012
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
View of Fenway Park from atop the Green Monster Fenway Park is a ballpark in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, close to Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home field of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Boston Red Sox. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of nine that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.
Fenway Park has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the Boston Patriots; concerts; soccer and hockey games (including the NHL Winter Classic in both 2010 and 2023); and political and religious campaigns.
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