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Dodger Stadium: Host of MLB's 2022 All-Star Festivities
July 18, 2022
By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Alyssa Robinette
Stars will shine both in the sky and on the field at Dodger Stadium this week as Major League Baseball celebrates its All-Star Week Festivities.
Dodger Stadium was constructed in less than three years after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved from New York to Los Angeles. First opened 60 years ago, on April 10, 1962, it is the third-oldest stadium still in use, and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Unlike most stadiums of its time, it was the only MLB stadium between 1923 and 2000 to be completely privately-built.
Built in the historic neighborhood of Chavez Ravine in Solano Canyon on Los Angeles’ northeast side, the ballpark remains the largest baseball stadium in the world by seat capacity, having 56,000 seats. Since its opening, it has undergone many renovations. This includes replacing all the seats in the park, upgrading the video displays and scoreboards, building restaurants and landscape around the perimeter of the stadium, improved clubhouses, weight rooms, restrooms, concession stands, sound system and batting cages, wider concourses and a children's playground.
Dodger Stadium is often referred to as a “pitcher’s ballpark.” This may be due to the humid air coming from the Pacific Ocean, which tends to weigh down baseballs and make them harder to hit. The stadium has seen 13 no-hitters, two of which were perfect games.
The Dodgers aren’t the only ones to call the stadium home. It was also the home of the expansion Los Angeles Angels from 1962 to 1965. To avoid constantly referring to the owners of the park, the Angels called the park Chavez Ravine Stadium.
In addition to hosting this year’s All-Star Game, Dodger Stadium also hosted the annual event in 1980. There have been 10 World Series played there, including 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2017 and 2018. It has put on the semifinals and finals of the 2009 and 2017 World Baseball Classics as well as exhibition baseball during the 1984 Summer Olympics. It is also slated to host baseball and softball during the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The stadium put on a soccer tournament on August 3, 2013, featuring four clubs: the hometown team Los Angeles Galaxy, and Europe’s Real Madrid, Everton and Juventus. It also hosted a regular season NHL game in 2014 as part of the NHL Stadium Series between the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks.
Due to dry summers in southern California, rainouts at Dodger Stadium are rare. Prior to 1976, the Dodgers were rained out only once on April 21, 1967, against the St. Louis Cardinals. This ended a streak of 737 consecutive games with a postponement. On April 12, 1976, the second rainout ended a streak of 724 straight games. There were three rainouts in a row between April 19 and 21, 1988, which is the only time there have been consecutive games rained out at Dodger Stadium. A major league record of 856 straight home games with a rainout was set between April 21, 1988, and April 11, 1999. That record was broken and is still ongoing, with no rainouts occurring at Dodger Stadium since April 17, 2000. In fact, the last time there was a rain delay at Dodger Stadium was April 7, 2015.
So, what will the weather be for All-Star Week? High pressure will be in control of the weather over the western U.S. through Tuesday. This will foster dry and warm weather each day, though an afternoon ocean breeze will cool things down by sunset. High temperatures will peak in the middle 80s, while temperatures during the Home Run Derby on Monday and the All-Star Game on Tuesday will be in the comfortable 70s to lower 80s.
------- Image: Dodger Stadium, also sometimes called Chavez Ravine, is a stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Carol M. Highsmith, 2012, Library of Congress)