Diamond Park

Diamond Park
Location	Edmonton, Alberta
Coordinates	53°32′12″N 113°29′32″W / 53.536584°N 113.492095°W / 53.536584; -113.492095Coordinates: 53°32′12″N 113°29′32″W / 53.536584°N 113.492095°W / 53.536584; -113.492095
Broke ground	1906
Built	1907
Opened	May 29, 1907 (1907-05-29)[1]
Owner	Frank Gray[2]
Construction cost	$6,000[1]
Capacity	1500[1]
Tenants
Edmonton Eskimos

Diamond Park was a 1,500 seat baseball stadium located in Edmonton, Alberta. A covered grandstand provided 500 and bleachers down the first base had 1,000 more seats.^[1] Constructed by a local businessman Frank Gray, who was also Edmonton's baseball club director, in 1907.^[1] Home to the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team, it was located on the Ross Flats below the site of the MacDonald Hotel.^[3] There is still a ball diamond on the site, but the stands are gone.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Ducey, Brant E. (1998). The Rajah of Renfrew: the life and times of John E. Ducey, "Edmonton's Mr. Baseball". Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-88864-314-4. 
2. ^ Aubrey, Merrily K. (2004). Naming Edmonton: from Ada to Zoie. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-88864-423-X. 
3. ^ Person, Dennis; Routledge, Carin (1981). Edmonton:Portrait of a City. Edmonton: Reidmore. p. 87. ISBN 0919091059.