- FirstEnergy Stadium
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stadium_name = FirstEnergy Stadium
nickname =
location = 1900 Centre AvenueReading, Pennsylvania 19601
broke_ground = 1947
opened = April 15, 1951
closed =
demolished =
owner =
operator =
surface = grass
construction_cost = $656,674 US
architect =
former_names = Reading Municipal Memorial Stadium
tenants =Reading Phillies (1967-present)
Seating_Capacity = 9,000
Dimensions = LF- 330 ft, CF - 400 ft, RF - 330 ftFirstEnergy Stadium is a 9,000-seat baseball-only stadium in
Reading, Pennsylvania that hosted its first regular season baseball game in 1951. The park is home to theReading Phillies of the Eastern League. It was voted the second best place to see a baseball game by "Minor League News" in 2006. It is also the first ballpark to ever receive the annual "Digital Ballparks.com" Ballpark Of The Year Award, which it was awarded in 2002. It is the first American baseball stadium to reach a total attendance of ten million without ever serving a team higher than AA.The stadium was originally known as Reading Municipal-Memorial Stadium before corporate sponsorship resulted its current name.
Other Articles
* MLN Top Ten Ballparks 2006 - No. 2 [http://www.minorleaguenews.com/baseball/features/articles2006/05/15/02.html Minor League News]
External links
* [http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2001/Reading/Reading.htm FirstEnergy Stadium Views - "Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues"]
* [http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks/reading/reading.htm Photographs of FirstEnergy Stadium - "Rochester Area Ballparks"]
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