Bank One Ballpark
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| Bank One Ballpark The BOB | |
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| Facility Statistics | |
| Location | 401 East Jefferson Street Phoenix, Arizona 85001 |
| Broke Ground | November 16, 1995 |
| Opened | March 31, 1998 |
| Surface | Kentucky Blue Grass |
| Owner | Maricopa County Stadium District |
| Construction Cost | $349 million USD |
| Architect | Ellerbe Becket |
| Tenants | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1998-present |
| Seating Capacity | |
| 1998 | 48,569 |
| Dimensions | |
| Left Field | 330 ft / 100.5 m |
| Left-Center | 374 ft / 114 m |
| Left-Center (deep) | 413 ft / 126 m |
| Center Field | 407 ft / 124 m |
| Right-Center (deep) | 413 ft / 126 m |
| Right-Center | 374 ft / 114 m |
| Right Field | 334 ft / 102 m |
Bank One Ballpark, also known as The BOB, is a stadium located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is across the street from the America West Arena, used by the Phoenix Suns.
Bank One Ballpark's main concern is with baseball, being home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. The park began to be constructed in 1996, and was finished just before the Diamondbacks' first season began, in 1998. It has a retractable roof, one of only a few stadiums in the United States to have one (others are in Houston, Texas, Seattle, Washington and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with another under construction in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale). It also has a swimming pool, which is rented to patrons.
Bank One Ballpark is named after Bank One of Chicago, Illinois, although with their merger with New York City-based Chase, a name change is expected to occur sometime during the 2005 baseball season. It is also host to many concerts and other sports events each year. One of the events it holds annually is the Insight Bowl, a college football bowl game.