Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Opening Day of the 2023 MLB season
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is located in Baltimore
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Location of Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is located in Maryland
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Location in Maryland
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is located in the United States
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Location in the United States
Address333 West Camden Street
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates39°17′2″N 76°37′18″W / 39.28389°N 76.62167°W / 39.28389; -76.62167
Public transit Mainline rail interchange MARC
at Camden Station
Light RailLink
at Convention Center
and Camden Station
Metro SubwayLink
at Lexington Market
and Charles Center
Bus transport MTA Maryland bus:
69, 70, 73, 75
OperatorMaryland Stadium Authority
Capacity48,876[1] (1992–2010)
45,971 (2011–2021)[2] with standing room at least 48,187
44,970 (2022–present)
Record attendance49,828 (July 9, 2005)
Field sizeLeft Field Line – 333 ft (101 m)
Straight Away Left – 384 ft (117 m)
Left Center – 398 ft (121 m)
Deep Left Center – 410 ft (125 m)
Center Field – 400 ft (122 m) (Not posted)
Right Center – 373 ft (114 m)
Right Field Line – 318 ft (97 m)
SurfaceKentucky Blue Grass
Construction
Broke groundJune 28, 1989 (June 28, 1989)
OpenedApril 6, 1992 (April 6, 1992)
Construction costUS$110 million
($239 million in 2023 dollars[3])
ArchitectHOK Sport (now Populous)
Project managerLehrer McGovern and Bovis[4]
Structural engineerBliss & Nyitray, Inc
Services engineerKidde Consultants Inc.[5]
General contractorBarton Malow/Sverdrup/Danobe[6]
Tenants
Baltimore Orioles (MLB) (1992–present)
Aerial views of Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, commonly known as Camden Yards, is a baseball stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, and the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s.[7] It was completed in 1992 to replace Memorial Stadium. The stadium is in downtown Baltimore, a few blocks west of the Inner Harbor in the Camden Yards Sports Complex.

Since its opening, Oriole Park has been widely hailed as one of the best stadiums in baseball and credited with starting a wave of neoclassical ballparks after the cookie-cutter stadiums of the mid to late 20th century.[8][9]

Since construction on Oriole Park began in 1989, taxpayers have shouldered at least $1.3 billion of the stadium's costs. In 2023, the Orioles asked taxpayers to pay an additional $600 million for stadium renovations.[10]

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  3. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Waddell, Ray (March 30, 1992). "ARA Services to Offer 'New Trend' in Ballpark Fare at Oriole Park". Amusement Business. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  5. ^ -park-at-camden-yards Oriole Park at Camden Yards — KCI[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Oriole Park at Camden Yards". www.ballparks.com.
  7. ^ "Oriole Park at Camden Yards". Sports-venue.info. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  8. ^ Kamin, Blair. "Camden Yards paved a retro revolution — and influenced Wrigley Field's renovations". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  9. ^ Weigel, Brandon. "A More Complex Legacy: Oriole Park is known as "the ballpark that forever changed baseball", and its impact may well extend to local governing". Baltimore City Paper. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  10. ^ "Five things to know about Maryland's investment in the Orioles and Ravens". Capital Gazette. 2023-11-30.

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