Biggest attendance ever for a baseball game *Dodgers*

[davidB]

They've already sold ~90k tickets, for an exhibition game. They just put an additional 25k standing room seats on sale and expect those to sell out.

The field dimensions are doing to be really weird. The left field seats will be only 200 ft. from home plate, with a 60 ft. high left field wall.Turning the Coliseum in a playing field




For an exhibition game

Faced with continuing demand for tickets for the Dodgers' return to the Coliseum on March 29 despite an early sellout, the club has announced an additional 25,000 tickets will go on sale Saturday, increasing the capacity to 115,000 for the exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox.

That would be the biggest crowd to watch a baseball game. Under the original configuration for the event, being staged in commemoration of the team's 50th anniversary in Los Angeles, 90,000 seats were put on sale and sold out quickly. Many of the additional tickets will be standing-room only, with people allowed to stand under the arches at the peristyle end and on the grass behind the right-field wall. Tickets also will be sold for peristyle seats.

so, uh, anyone going?

[DownHillPhil]

Seems idiotic to me.

It's just a frickin' baseball team...

[RidetheRAAM4]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

Seems idiotic to me.

It's just a frickin' baseball team...

come on essay you dont understand eh, dodgers are a way of lyfe!

[Liquid55]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

Seems idiotic to me.

It's just a frickin' baseball team...

To you maybe.... I'd love to see ball played at the Coliseum.

[DownHillPhil]

Originally Posted by Liquid55

To you maybe.... I'd love to see ball played at the Coliseum.

But it's a football stadium. Why would you want to watch baseball there?

I could understand if it was SC's baseball team.. but LOS DODGERS!? It's gonna be full of cholos and vatos and G's!!

[Schecky]

I believe it was used for baseball back in the day.

That being said, WTF with all the preseason crap?
It's hockey & basketball time dangit!

Bring up baseball/Doyers in October!

[guero]

didnt the dodgers used to play at the coliseum when they first came out from brooklyn?

is the 60ft wall in left field going to be made out of plexi-glass or just netting? that would block a lot of peoples views if it was a solid wood wall.

[gil_caz]

Originally Posted by guero

is the 60ft wall in left field going to be made out of plexi-glass or just netting? that would block a lot of peoples views if it was a solid wood wall.

im almost sure they will not sell seats right behind a 60 ft solid wall.

[DownHillPhil]

Originally Posted by gil_caz

im almost sure they will not sell seats right behind a 60 ft solid wall.

You'd be surprised man... people love the Dodgers around here. Especially in LA and Pedro.

[gil_caz]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

You'd be surprised man... people love the Dodgers around here. Especially in LA and Pedro.

i know thats why i said "almost sure"

GO DOYERS!!!

[theclayster]

I wouldn't want those seats behind the left field wall. Even if they clear the wall, that ball is coming fast. Might be a lot of homeruns though.

[jschwart73]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

Seems idiotic to me.

It's just a frickin' baseball team...

Not only that, but it's the Dodgers. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[DownHillPhil]

Originally Posted by gil_caz

i know thats why i said "almost sure"

GO DOYERS!!!

LOL

my best friend always shouts GO DOYERS!!! out of the blue

it cracks me up, thanks for reminding me

[gil_caz]

ha ha, i always say it when a see a mexicano wearing a doyers hat.

[northshore]

Dodgers and the Giants for me...it's what I grew up with. I can't roll with *cough*front running*cough* Angels..... Los Angels Angels....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I may ride with you but I don't have to like your team

[DownHillPhil]

Originally Posted by gil_caz

ha ha, i always say it when a see a mexicano wearing a doyers hat.

There are so many, you must be saying that all the time around here...

What happens if there are more than one in the same place? Do you say it once for each?

[gil_caz]

if theres more than one i dont say it cause i dont want to get shanked.

[OTHRIDER]

didnt the dodgers used to play at the coliseum when they first came out from brooklyn?


Yup. Here's some blab from the Times:

Those fans old enough to remember the Dodgers' four seasons in the Coliseum, their first L.A. home from 1958 through 1961 as they awaited completion of Dodger Stadium, will find the same wacky dimensions that were such a novelty half a century ago, with slight alterations.

Under the original configuration for the event, being staged in commemoration of the team's 50th anniversary in Los Angeles, 90,000 seats were put on sale and sold out quickly

The most distinguishing feature, the left-field fence, so close it seemed to be hovering over the pitcher's shoulder, will be even closer. Back then, it was only 250 feet down the line to the left-field seats, separated from the playing field by a 42-foot-high screen. In those days, however, there was a running track that has since been removed, further shrinking the field. The left-field seats will now be only 200 feet away with a 60-foot screen in front.

This year's game against Boston, the defending World Series champions, will benefit ThinkCure, the Dodgers' fundraising charity for cancer research at City of Hope and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. ThinkCure President Janet Clayton estimates that $1 million could be raised from the Coliseum game. The Dodgers will match the final total.

[slowSSer]

Originally Posted by Schecky

I believe it was used for baseball back in the day.

That being said, WTF with all the preseason crap?
It's hockey & basketball time dangit!

Bring up baseball/Doyers in October!

wow- 6 posts in before someone says it?

the dodgers played in the coliseum their first few seasons, some 50 years ago, because Chavez wasn't built yet

edit: didnt read the whole post before replying. oh well. thanks to the fine historian above this post.

[Fired Yo Momma]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

Seems idiotic to me.

It's just a frickin' baseball team...

Are you an American?