Petco Park
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| Address | 19 Tony Gwynn Drive |
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| Location | San Diego, California |
| Coordinates | 32°42′26″N 117°09′24″W / 32.7073°N 117.1566°WCoordinates: 32°42′26″N 117°09′24″W / 32.7073°N 117.1566°W |
| Public transit |
12th & Imperial Transit Center (Blue and Orange Lines) Gaslamp Quarter (Green Line) |
| Owner |
City of San Diego: 70% Padres LP: 30% |
| Operator | Padres LP |
| Capacity | 40,162 (2016–present) 41,164 (2015) 42,302 (2014) 42,524 (2013) 42,691 (2008–2012) 42,445 (2004–2007) |
| Record attendance | 45,567 |
| 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 |
| Opened | April 8, 2004 |
| Construction cost | US$450 million ($571 million in 2017 Dollars) |
| Architect |
Populous (then HOK Sport) Antoine Predock (design) Spurlock Poirier (landscape) ROMA (urban planning) Heritage Architecture & Planning (Historic Preservation) |
| Project manager | JMI Sports, LLC. |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | M–E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | San Diego BallPark Builders (a joint venture of Clark Construction Group Inc., Nielsen Dillingham Builders Inc. And Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.) |
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| San Diego Padres (MLB) (2004–present) | |
Petco Park is a baseball park located in the downtown area of San Diego, California, United States, that is home to the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). The park opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium, which the Padres shared with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). Petco Park is named after the San Diego-based pet supplies retailer Petco, which paid for the naming rights until 2026. In addition to baseball, the park is also used as venue for concerts, football, golf, and rugby sevens.
The ballpark is located between 7th and 10th Avenues, south of J Street. The southern side of the stadium is bounded by San Diego Trolley light rail tracks along the north side of Harbor Drive (which serve the adjacent San Diego Convention Center). The portion of K Street between 7th and 10th is now closed to automobiles and serves as a pedestrian promenade along the back of the left and center field outfield seating (and also provides access to the Park at the Park behind center field). Two of the stadium's outfield entrance areas are located at K Street's intersections with 7th and 10th Avenues. The main entrance, behind home plate, is at the south end of Park Boulevard (at Imperial) and faces the San Diego Trolley station 12th & Imperial Transit Center.
The ballpark was constructed by San Diego Ballpark Builders, a partnership with Clark Construction, Nielsen Dillingham and Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc. The construction cost of over $450 million was partially funded by the Center City Development Corporation and the San Diego Redevelopment Agency. The stadium was intended to be part of a comprehensive plan to revitalize San Diego's aging downtown, particularly the East Village area. The stadium is located across Harbor Drive from the San Diego Convention Center, and its main entrance behind home plate is located two blocks from the downtown terminal of the San Diego Trolley light rail system.
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