ID: 700000356 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000356	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Dodger Stadium (stadium; Walter O'Malley (American (American businessman, 1903-1979),...; 1959-1962)

Note: Dodger Stadium, a baseball park located in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, is thehome field of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise. It opened April 10, 1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of ︡ million, financed by private sources.

Titles:

Dodger Stadium (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

stadium [300007271] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, recreation structures, recreation buildings, sports buildings, <sports buildings by form>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1959-1962

Creator Display:

Walter O'Malley (American (American businessman, 1903-1979), Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury (American architectural firm, active late 20th century), William Simpson & Associates Inc.(American contracting and engineering firm, contemporary), Vinnell Construction (American construction firm and excavation contractors, established 1931) [preferred,VP]

businessman O'Malley, Walter (American businessman, 1903-1979) Extent: design [500356952]

architectural firm Praeger-Kavanaugh-Waterbury (American architectural firm, active late 20th century) Extent: execution [500356953]

contracting firm William Simpson & Associates Inc. (American contracting and engineering firm, contemporary) Extent: execution [500356954]

construction firm Vinnell Construction (American construction firm and excavation contractors, established 1931) Extent: execution [500356955]

Locations:

Los Angeles [7023900] Los Angeles county (county), California (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 1000 Elysian Park, Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90090-112

Display Materials: concrete, steel, cast iron, lumber, aluminum

	concrete [300010737]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	cast iron [300011004]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	lumber [300012785]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, <wood by product>)

	aluminum (metal) [300011015]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <aluminum and aluminum alloys>)

Dimensions: various

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	stadium [300007271]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, recreation structures, recreation buildings, sports buildings, <sports buildings by form>) (AAT)

	baseball field [300000567]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>, <sports and recreation spaces>, athletic fields) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures

Sources and Contributors:
Dodger Stadium	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Dodger Stadium," accessed 20 May 2015

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... Walter O'Malley: The Official Website (2003-2015) "Dodger Stadium Construction Facts," accessed 20 May 2015

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Dodger Stadium," accessed 20 May 2015

....................... Los Angeles Dodgers (2014) "Stadium History," accessed 20 May 2015

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Los Angeles Dodgers (2014) "Dodger Stadium History," accessed 13 April 2017