San Jose Municipal Stadium
| Muni Stadium | |
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| Location | 588 East Alma Avenue San Jose, CA 95112 |
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| Coordinates | 37°19′14″N 121°51′44″W / 37.32056°N 121.86222°WCoordinates: 37°19′14″N 121°51′44″W / 37.32056°N 121.86222°W |
| Owner | City of San Jose |
| Operator | Baseball Acquisition Company |
| Capacity | 2,900 (1942) 4,200 (current) |
| Field size |
Left Field: 320feet Left-Center Power Alley: 365 feet Center Field: 390 feet Right-Center Power Alley: 365 feet Right Field: 320 feet Backstop: 50 feet |
| Surface | Baby Bermuda Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 1941 |
| Opened | March 8, 1942 |
| Construction cost | US$80,000 ($1.17 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Works Progress Administration |
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San Jose Giants (CL) (1988–present) San Jose Bees (CL) (1983–1987) San Jose Expos (CL) (1982) San Jose Missions (CL) (1979–1981) San Jose Missions (PCL) (1977–1978) San Jose Bees (CL) (1962–1976) San Jose Pirates (CL) (1958) San Jose JoSox (CL) (1956–1957) San Jose Red Sox (CL) (1947–1955) San Jose Owls (CL) (1942) San Jose State Spartans (NCAA) (1970–present) |
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The San Jose Municipal Stadium, or Muni Stadium in common usage, is the home of the minor league baseball San Jose Giants, the Advanced A league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants located in San Jose, California. The Giants play in the northern division of the California League. The stadium is also home to the San Jose State University Spartans college baseball team for some regular season games (other regular season games are played across Alma Avenue at Blethen Field). The local high school baseball divisions also use Municipal Stadium as their championship field. The stadium also hosts concerts, weddings, dog shows, and many other local events. In the past Muni Stadium has been the home field for the San Jose Owls, San Jose Red Sox, San Jose Pirates, San Jose Missions, the San Jose Bees, and the San Jose Expos.
San Jose Municipal Stadium was built in 1941–1942 as a WPA project at a cost of $80,000. It was one of the first stadiums to be built entirely of reinforced concrete and opened in 1942. The first game featured the San Francisco Seals as the home team.
Fans sit very close to the field in four distinct seating areas. The first 7 rows of the main grandstand are numbered box seats. General admission seating is available in the upper rows of the main grandstand on straight backed benches. Down the left and right field lines are several bleachers that are accessible for general admission use. And finally there is table seating down the third base line as part of the famous "Turkey Mike's BBQ Area". The stadium has remained largely unchanged from its original configuration. However, renovations to the bathroom facilities and clubhouse were done in 1994 and 3 extra rows of box seating were added in 1996. In 1999, the dugouts were expanded toward the field.
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