Camden Yards
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| Address | 333 West Camden Street |
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| Location | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°17′2″N 76°37′18″W / 39.28389°N 76.62167°WCoordinates: 39°17′2″N 76°37′18″W / 39.28389°N 76.62167°W |
| Public transit |
 Camden StationConvention Center (Baltimore Light Rail station) |
| Owner | Maryland Stadium Authority and Baltimore Orioles |
| Operator | Maryland Stadium Authority |
| Capacity | 48,876 (1992–2010) 45,971 (2011–present) with standing room at least 48,187 |
| Record attendance | 49,828 (July 10, 2005) , 0 (April 29, 2015) |
| Field size |
Left Field Line – 333 feet (101.5 m) Left Center – 364 feet (110.9 m) Deep Left Center – 410 feet (125 m) Center Field – 400 feet (121.9 m) (Not posted) Right Center – 373 feet (113.7 m) Right Field Line – 318 feet (96.9 m) |
| Surface | Kentucky Blue Grass |
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| Broke ground | June 28, 1989 |
| Opened | April 6, 1992 |
| Construction cost | US$110 million ($188 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Populous (formerly HOK Sport) |
| Project manager | Lehrer McGovern and Bovis |
| Structural engineer | Bliss & Nyitray, Inc |
| Services engineer | Kidde Consultants Inc. |
| General contractor | Barton Malow/Sverdrup/Danobe |
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| Baltimore Orioles (MLB) (1992–present) | |
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, often referred to simply as Camden Yards or Oriole Park, is a Major League Baseball (MLB) ballpark located in Baltimore, Maryland. Home to the Baltimore Orioles, it is the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s, and remains one of the most highly praised. It was completed in 1992 to replace Memorial Stadium.
The park is situated in downtown Baltimore, a few blocks west of the Inner Harbor in the Camden Yards Sports Complex. The Orioles celebrated the ballpark's 20th anniversary during the 2012 season and launched the website CamdenYards20.com as part of the celebration. Historically, Oriole Park at Camden Yards is one of several venues that have carried the "Oriole Park" name for various Baltimore franchises over the years.
Prior to Camden Yards, the predominant design trend of big league ballparks was the symmetrical "multi-purpose stadium". Memorial Stadium, the Orioles' home since they moved from St. Louis in 1954, was an early example of such a design.
In 1984, the Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis, in part because Baltimore and Maryland officials refused to commit money for a replacement for Memorial Stadium. Not wanting to risk losing the Orioles—and Baltimore's status as a major-league city in its own right—city and state officials immediately set about building a new park in order to keep them in town.
The master plan was designed by international design firm RTKL. The stadium design was completed by the architectural firm Populous (then HOK Sport), which had pioneered retro ballparks on the minor league level four years earlier with Pilot Field in Buffalo, New York.
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