Dodger Stadium is a baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California and home to the Los Angeles Dodgers. It first opened on April 10, 1962 and cost $23 million to build.http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/dodger.htm One of the oldest stadiums in the major league, Dodger Stadium was built by Dodger owner Walter O’Malley and has a capacity of 56,000. http://espn.go.com/travel/stadium/_/s/mlb/id/19/dodger-stadium From 1923 to 2000, Dodger Stadium was the only privately financed stadium in American baseball.http://espn.go.com/travel/stadium/_/s/mlb/id/19/dodger-stadium The Los Angeles Angels played there from 1962-1965 until they moved to nearby Anaheim. http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/nl/DodgerStadium.htmIn 1978, Dodger Stadium became the first stadium to have more than three million attendees in one season.http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=history

In 2003, a poll of Major League Baseball players by Sports Illustrated determined that 23.2% of players felt Dodger Stadium had the best-quality playing field.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2003/07/01/survey/ The technology behind the field is called Prescription Athletic Turf. Installed at the end of the 1995 season, this system employs a complex network of moisture gauges and computer controllers to maintain precise moisture levels.http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=history

The 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and the 1984 Olympic Games’ baseball competition were played at Dodger Stadium. The World Series was played at Dodger Stadium in 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, and 1988. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmenu.shtml Of these eight games, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Championship in 1963, 1965, 1981, and 1988. Eight National League pennants and nine National League Western Division crowns have been won there as well. http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=history

On September 16, 1987, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass at Dodger Stadium while visiting the United States. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802087.htm