Petco Park
Baseball park in San Diego, California, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Petco Park is a baseball stadium located in San Diego, California. The stadium is the home ballpark of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). The ballpark is situated in downtown San Diego, adjacent to the city's Gaslamp Quarter. The largest stadium in San Diego, Petco Park hosts various community events and concerts throughout the year.
Address | 19 Tony Gwynn Drive |
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Location | San Diego, California |
Coordinates | 32.7073°N 117.1566°W / 32.7073; -117.1566 |
Public transit | 12th & Imperial Gaslamp Quarter Santa Fe Depot |
Owner | City of San Diego: 70% San Diego Padres: 30% |
Operator | Padres LP |
Executive suites | 75[1][2] |
Capacity | 40,209 (since 2017)[3] 40,162 (2016)[4] 41,164 (2015)[5] 42,302 (2014)[6] 42,524 (2013)[7] 42,691 (2008–2012)[8] 42,445 (2004–2007)[9] |
Record attendance | Baseball: 45,567[10] Concerts: 79,123 [11] |
Field size | Left field Line – 334 feet (102 m) Left field – 357 feet (109 m) Left field alley – 390 feet (119 m) Center field – 396 feet (121 m) Right field alley – 391 feet (119 m) Right field – 382 feet (116 m) Right field line – 322 feet (98 m) |
Surface | BullsEye Bermuda (Grass) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 3, 2000 (May 3, 2000)[12] |
Opened | April 8, 2004 (April 8, 2004) |
Construction cost | US$450 million ($726 million in 2023 Dollars[13]) |
Architect | Populous (then HOK Sport) Antoine Predock (design) Spurlock Poirier (landscape) ROMA (urban planning) Heritage Architecture & Planning (Historic Preservation) |
Project manager | JMI Sports, LLC.[14] |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti[15] |
Services engineer | M–E Engineers, Inc.[16] |
General contractor | San Diego BallPark Builders (a joint venture of Clark Construction Group Inc., Nielsen Dillingham Builders Inc. And Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.) |
Tenants | |
San Diego Padres (MLB) (since 2004) Holiday Bowl (NCAA) (since 2021) |
Petco Park opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the Padres' home venue, where the team played from their inception in 1969 to 2003. On April 8, 2004, the Padres played their first regular season game at the ballpark, defeating the San Francisco Giants 4–3 in 10 innings. Petco Park hosted the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic championship and the 2016 MLB All-Star Game.
Petco Park features unique design elements, particularly the Western Metal Supply Co. building, a historic warehouse incorporated into the ballpark; its southeast corner serves as the left field foul pole. Gallagher Square, located beyond the outfield wall, includes a community park and viewing terrace, among other features open to the public during stadium off-hours.