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Dodger Stadium in the Los Angeles area of Chavez Ravine, just north of downtown, is currently the third oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. Construction began in 1959, it opened on April 10, 1962, and has been home to the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team ever since. It was designed by architect Emil Praeger and was built by the Vinell Construction Company. The stadium sits on 300 acres and has a capacity of 56,000, with 16,000 parking spaces. The stadium was privately financed by Walter O'Malley with an original proposed cost of $12 million but was finally completed at a cost of $23 million. Dodger Stadium's official address is 1000 Elysian Park Avenue. Photograph article date stamped April 11, 1962 partially reads, "On the luxury deck of his new stadium in Chavez Ravine, where butter is apt to cost a buck a pat, lordly Walter O'Malley stood like a Rhine Baron surveying his fief. Close by on the right was son Peter, a slimmer blond reproduction of his noble sire." Photograph caption reads, "Mrs. Walter O'Malley throws first pitch... Dodger owner's wife officially opens Chavez Ravine stadium."
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