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Few stadiums in sports are as impressive or beloved as Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, home of the Boston Red Sox. The oldest stadium in all of major league baseball is the cathedral known as Fenway Park, first opening its doors in 1912. Below are facts about the home of the green monster, located at 4 Yawkey Way in Boston.
1.)Fenway Park is the only one left of the original MLB baseball stadiums. Even Yankee Stadium was rebuilt across the street from its predecessor. A proposed rebuild stadium for Fenway Park in 1999 was eventually squashed at least partly as a result of fan uproar. Ultimately, renovations were made to the existing Fenway Park are fans have been more than satisfied with the modernization of Fenway.
2.) Fenway Park has some of the most unique features of any baseball diamond in MLB history. Aside from the 37 foot high green wall in left field, thee field also boasts a foul pole in right field named Pesky pole with a proximity to home plate of only about 300 feet. This dimension makes it one of the shortest available home run destinations in the major leagues. In center field is the triangle. It is a spacious outfield are with a hard metal gate in right center field. At a distance of about 420 feet out, it’s a very tough home run.
3.) Fenway Park is always full: In 2009, Fenway Park celebrated its 500th consecutive sell out, a new mlb record. Red Sox fans fill the seats at Fenway every night regardless of the opponent and travel in droves to see the team on the road due to the scarcity of tickets seen around Fenway. Often tickets have to be purchased on the secondary market as games sell out leaving many devoted fans ticket-less.
