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Article: CHANGES IN STORE FOR DODGER STADIUM
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- September 19, 1999
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.
Dodger Stadium is undergoing a $50-million face lift, although the House Walter O'Malley Built still looks good.
Fans are drawn to the picturesque 56,000-seat ballpark in its 38th season despite an especially unattractive on-field product.
The late O'Malley opened the stadium in 1962 with the future in mind, and the hilltop structure at Chavez Ravine remains among baseball's top venues.
But for all that Dodger Stadium still is, it isn't a cash cow compared with the luxury-suites-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see ballparks of today. New stadiums popped up across the major leagues in the 1990s, changing how the game is played in ...