Comiskey Park

Comiskey Park

Location: Chicago, Illinois Arena type: Multipurpose Surface: Grass Owner(s): Chicago White Sox Tenant(s): Chicago White Sox (1910-90 Chicago Cardinals (1922-25; 1929-59 Chicago American Giants (1941-52 Chicago Mustangs (1968) Chicago Sting (1980-85) Broke ground: 1909 Opened: July 1, 1910; 2-0 loss to St. Louis Browns Demolished: 1991 Cost: $750k Capacity:52,000 Dimensions: Left Field - 347 ft Deep Left Center - 382 ft Center Field - 409 ft Deep Right Center - 382 ft Right Field - 347 ft Backstop - 86 ft Former names: White Sox Park (1910-12, 1962-75 Nicknames: Old Comiskey Park The Baseball Palace of the World World Series: 1917 1918 1919 1959 All-Star Games: 1933 1950 1983

Comiskey Park (35th Street & Shields Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series (one of which was played by the Chicago Cubs due to lack of seating at Wrigley Field) and more than 6,000 major league games.

The successor to Comiskey Park was built across 35th Street to the south, and was also named Comiskey Park (or "New" Comiskey Park) until 2003, when it was renamed U.S. Cellular Field. The original Comiskey Park is now sometimes known as "Old Comiskey Park".