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january-22-1901

January 22, 1901

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The team announced they would continue a local tradition and call themselves the Athletics. They also announced they had signed a ten-year lease on the grounds at 29th and Columbia for the construction of a ballpark.

The site was bounded by 29th Street on the east, 30th Street on the west, Columbia Street on the north, and Oxford Street on the south and enclosed a space 400 feet by 460 feet. The grandstand would be built by a firm headed by James Foster at an estimated cost of $35,000. Total capacity would be 12,000, with 4,000 in a single-tier grandstand behind the plate, and the remaining 8,000 to be divided between two sets of bleachers down each foul line. A separate one-story building was to be built for locker rooms and the completion of all structures was scheduled for April 1.


2025/04/03 13:31 · ehaight
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