New Fenway Park
Location | Boston |
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Coordinates | 42°20′43.18″N 71°5′56.22″W / 42.3453278°N 71.0989500°WCoordinates: 42°20′43.18″N 71°5′56.22″W / 42.3453278°N 71.0989500°W |
Public transit | Kenmore Station, Fenway Station,[1] and Yawkey Station[2] |
Owner | Boston Red Sox |
Operator | Boston Red Sox |
Capacity | 44,130 |
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) |
Acreage | 15 |
Surface | Kentucky bluegrass |
Construction | |
Opened | Proposed to open in 2003 |
Construction cost |
$545 million (1999 dollars) $762.44 million (2013 dollars) |
Architect | HOK Sport |
Tenants | |
Boston Red Sox |
New Fenway Park was a planned stadium that would have replaced Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. It was proposed in 2001 but then canceled.
References
- ↑ "Directions to Fenway Park - Subway". Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ↑ "MBTA Schedules and Maps - Commuter Rail - Yawkey". Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
External links
- Opinion piece on building of new Fenway
- Save Fenway Park at The Internet Archive
- http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/american/bosbpk.htm
- http://stadiumpage.blogspot.com/2010/02/unrealized-concepts-volume-2-new-fenway_17.html
- http://www.stadiumpage.com/stpages/Newfen.html
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