Diamond Park
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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.[2] Constructed by a local businessman Frank Gray, who was also Edmonton's baseball club director, in 1907.[2] 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.
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Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
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Coordinates | 53.536584°N 113.492095°W / 53.536584; -113.492095 |
Owner | Frank Gray[1] |
Capacity | 1500[2] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1906 |
Built | 1907 |
Opened | May 29, 1907 (1907-05-29)[2] |
Construction cost | $6,000[2] |
Tenants | |
Edmonton Eskimos 1909–1911, 1914, 1919–1921, 1922 Edmonton Gray Birds 1912–1913 |
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