Chase Field
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For the former military base, see Naval Air Station Chase Field. For the Magnapop album, see Chase Park.
Chase Field, formerly Bank One Ballpark, is a retractable-roof stadium in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. It opened in 1998, the year the Diamondbacks debuted as an expansion team. Chase Field was the first stadium built in the United States with a retractable roof over a natural grass playing surface, although it has used artificial turf since 2019.
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Former names | Bank One Ballpark (1998–2005) |
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Address | 401 East Jefferson Street |
Location | Phoenix, Arizona |
Coordinates | 33°26′43″N 112°4′1″W |
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Owner | Maricopa County Stadium District[1] |
Operator | SMG |
Capacity | 48,330 (since 2023) [2][3] 48,405 (2020-2022)[4][5] 48,418 (2019)[6] 48,618 (2018)[7] 48,686 (2017)[8] 48,519 (2015–2016) 48,633 (2011–2014) 48,652 (2009–2010) 48,711 (2008) 49,033 (2002–2007) 48,500 (1998–2001) |
Record attendance | 50,180 (August 31, 2019)[9] |
Field size | Left Field – 330 ft (101 m) Left-Center – 374 ft (114 m) Left-Center (deep) – 413 ft (126 m) Center Field – 407 ft (124 m) Right-Center (deep) – 413 ft (126 m) Right-Center – 374 ft (114 m) Right Field – 334 ft (102 m) |
Surface | Grass (1998–2018)[10] Shaw Sports B1K (2019–present) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 16, 1995 (November 16, 1995) |
Opened | March 31, 1998 (March 31, 1998) |
Construction cost | $354 million ($662 million in 2023 dollars[11]) |
Architect | Ellerbe Becket Wyatt/Rhodes Castillo Company Cox James[12] |
Project manager | Huber, Hunt & Nichols Inc. |
Structural engineer | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers, Inc.[12] Moving Systems Engineer: Hatch Associates Ltd.[12] |
Services engineer | M-E Engineers Inc. |
General contractor | Perini/McCarthy |
Main contractors | Schuff Steel Company |
Tenants | |
Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB) (1998–present) Guaranteed Rate Bowl (NCAA) (2000–2005, 2016–present) |
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