The History Behind Dodgers Stadium It’s funny how history repeats itself. We learn to not do a mistake twice. Christopher Columbus came ashore in 1492 and claimed the land, but generations of later Americans took it from many Native Americans already living in America. A similar situation occurred with beloved Dodger Stadium. Home to many championships, and Hall of Famers, Dodger Stadium has become one of the best-known baseball parks in the nation due to it being the third oldest ball. It is home to the Major League Baseball team The Los Angeles Dodgers, who once played in Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodger Stadium only stands where it does because of the many homes lost in the late 1940s in what is called Chavez Ravine. Dodger stadium has
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Many historic moments have occurred here, including eight World Series, four world championships. Important records have were broken by Dodger players. Highlights have included Sandy Koufax’s perfect game, Kirk Gibson’s World Series home run, Clayton Kershaw’s no-hitter, and a number of other fascinating moments. Not only has Dodger Stadium hosted baseball games, it has also held concerts and soccer tournaments and even a mass from Pope John Paul II. The stadium has a huge capacity of 56,000 compared to other baseball fields, that makes it larger than any other MLB stadium. Many fans admire Dodgers Stadium because of everything accomplished there and has been part of. Many are oblivious to the families that had to suffer for the Dodgers to have a home. Today, Dodger Stadium is located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles on a hillside that was once known as the valley of Chavez Ravine. Chavez Ravine was a small village located a few miles from Downtown Los Angeles, named after a Los Angeles councilman named Julian Chavez. Chavez Ravine, had about 300 families living in three communities: La Loma, Palo Verde and Bishop. In the ravine besides having houses, it also had small stores and even a school. The …show more content…
The new plans for housing were to be called “Elysian Park Heights” according to Nathan Masters in the article “Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story”. The Ravine residents were told that they would get first choice when the new housing was made. Letters to the Chavez Ravine residents were sent out to notify them that they had to sell their homes to make way for low income public housing. The people were told that their property would be condemned if they did not sell. Some of the residents resisted to leave while others did not want any problems with the city, so they agreed to sell their homes. It became a much bigger problem to those who sold their homes because during this period there was a lot of discriminatory policies that did not allow many people of Mexican Americans decent to purchase
Many historic moments have occurred here, including eight World Series, four world championships. Important records have were broken by Dodger players. Highlights have included Sandy Koufax’s perfect game, Kirk Gibson’s World Series home run, Clayton Kershaw’s no-hitter, and a number of other fascinating moments. Not only has Dodger Stadium hosted baseball games, it has also held concerts and soccer tournaments and even a mass from Pope John Paul II. The stadium has a huge capacity of 56,000 compared to other baseball fields, that makes it larger than any other MLB stadium. Many fans admire Dodgers Stadium because of everything accomplished there and has been part of. Many are oblivious to the families that had to suffer for the Dodgers to have a home. Today, Dodger Stadium is located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles on a hillside that was once known as the valley of Chavez Ravine. Chavez Ravine was a small village located a few miles from Downtown Los Angeles, named after a Los Angeles councilman named Julian Chavez. Chavez Ravine, had about 300 families living in three communities: La Loma, Palo Verde and Bishop. In the ravine besides having houses, it also had small stores and even a school. The …show more content…
The new plans for housing were to be called “Elysian Park Heights” according to Nathan Masters in the article “Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story”. The Ravine residents were told that they would get first choice when the new housing was made. Letters to the Chavez Ravine residents were sent out to notify them that they had to sell their homes to make way for low income public housing. The people were told that their property would be condemned if they did not sell. Some of the residents resisted to leave while others did not want any problems with the city, so they agreed to sell their homes. It became a much bigger problem to those who sold their homes because during this period there was a lot of discriminatory policies that did not allow many people of Mexican Americans decent to purchase