Fenway
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| Address | 4 Yawkey Way |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°20′46.5″N 71°5′51.9″W / 42.346250°N 71.097750°W |
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 Yawkey Commuter Rail, Kenmore Green Line
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| Owner | Fenway Sports Group / Boston Red Sox |
| Operator | Fenway Sports Group / Boston Red Sox |
| Capacity | 37,281 (day) 37,731 (night) |
| Record attendance | 47,627 |
| 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) |
| Surface | Kentucky Blue Grass |
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| Broke ground | September 25, 1911 |
| Opened | April 20, 1912 (105 years ago) |
| Renovated | 1988, 2002–2011, 2017 |
| Expanded | 1934, 1946, 2002–2011, 2017 |
| Construction cost | US$650,000 ($16.1 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | James McLaughlin |
| Structural engineer | Osborne Engineering Corp. |
| General contractor | Charles Logue Building Company, Coleman Brothers, Inc. |
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Boston Red Sox (MLB) (1912–present) Boston Braves (MLB) (1914–1915) Boston Bulldogs (AFL) (1926) Boston Redskins (NFL) (1933–1936) Boston Shamrocks (AFL) (1936–1937) Boston Yanks (NFL) (1944–1948) Boston Patriots (AFL) (1963–1968) Boston Beacons (NASL) (1968) |
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Fenway Park
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| Coordinates | 42°20′47″N 71°5′52″W / 42.34639°N 71.09778°WCoordinates: 42°20′47″N 71°5′52″W / 42.34639°N 71.09778°W |
| NRHP Reference # | 12000069 |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 2012 |
Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston, at 4 Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. It is the oldest ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has been renovated or expanded many times, resulting in quirky heterogeneous features including "The Triangle" (below), "Pesky's Pole", and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fourth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of eight that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.
Fenway has hosted the World Series ten times, with the Red Sox winning five of them, and the Boston Braves winning one. The first, in the park's inaugural season, was the 1912 World Series and the most recent was the 2013 World Series. Besides baseball games it has been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the Boston Patriots; concerts; soccer and hockey games (such as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic); and political and religious campaigns.
April 20, 2012, marked Fenway Park's centennial. On March 7 of that year, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park "a shrine". It is a pending Boston Landmark which will regulate further changes to the park. Today, the park is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world.
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