County Stadium
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County Stadium was a ballpark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1953 to 2000. It was primarily used for baseball but was used for football games as well.
- Architect: Osborn Engineering
- Builder: Hunzinger Construction
- Owner: Milwaukee County
- Cost: $5 million (1953)
The Milwaukee Braves used the stadium 1953, until 1965. Their first game, on April 6, was an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago White Sox played some "home" games here in 1968 and 1969. The Milwaukee Brewers called it home from 1970 to 2000. The National Football League's Green Bay Packers played a few home games each season at the stadium from 1953 to 1994.
When it opened in 1953 it had 28,111 permanent seats and could hold up to 36,011 people. After an expansion one year later the seating capacity was increased to 43,394. Subsequent expansions raised the capacity to 53,192 in 1975 until the final game was played on September 28, 2000.
There was a huge beer mug sitting at right-center field where Bernie Brewer would dunk himself whenever a Brewer's player hit a home run.
The stadium was also known as Milwaukee County Stadium.
County Stadium has hosted two Baseball All-Star Games, in 1955, when the National League Braves played host (and won 6-5 in 12 Innings), and in 1975, when the then American League Brewers played host, and lost, 6-3.
The movie Major League was shot at County Stadium, even though the movie was about the Cleveland Indians.
County Stadium was demolished on February 21, 2001, and replaced with Miller Park. Although most of the stadium is now covered with parking for Miller Park, the site is still used for baseball. A large portion of the field was preserved for use as a Little League stadium.
Dimensions
Final
- Left Field - 315 ft
- Shallow L.C. - 362 ft
- True L.C. - 382 ft (unposted)
- Deep L.C. - 392 ft
- Center Field - 402 ft
- Deep R.C. - 392 ft
- True R.C. - 382 ft (unposted)
- Shallow R.C. - 362 ft
- Right Field - 315 ft
External links
- Visit to County Stadium (http://www.kreichard.com/baseballtravel/county_stadium.html)
- USGS aerial of old park and new construction (http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=16&X=1052&Y=11910&W=1&qs=%7cMILWAUKEE%7cWI%7c)
- County Satdium (http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/county.htm) at Ballparks.com