MLB Baseball Stadiums

MLB Baseball Stadiums

Bank One Ball Park

Tenant: Arizona Diamondbacks
Opening: March 31, 1998
Construction began: November 16, 1995
Style: Convertible roof
Surface: Kentucky Blue Grass (1999); Anza grass (1998)
Capacity: 48,569 (baseball only)
Dimensions: Left field: 330 ft., power alleys: 374 ft., center field: 407 ft., deepest left-center and right-center: 413 ft., right field: 334 ft.
Fences: Unknown.

Architect: Ellerbe Becket (Minneapolis), Bill Johnson (design principal).
Construction: Huber, Hunt & Nichols Inc. (Indianapolis).
Owner: Maricopa County Stadium District.
Cost: $349 million (some estimates put the cost at $414 million).
Public financing: $238 million, or 68 percent, from a quarter-cent sales tax in Maricopa County.
Private financing: $111 million, or 32 percent, from the Diamondbacks owners.