Old Comiskey Park

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Old Comiskey Park was a historic Major League Baseball stadium in Chicago that served as the longtime home of the Chicago White Sox from 1910 until its demolition in the early 1990s.

All labels observed (4)

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New Comiskey Park 2
Old Comiskey 1
Old Comiskey Park canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball stadium
former building
sports venue
alsoKnownAs Comiskey Park
Old Comiskey
linked to: Old Comiskey Park
architecturalStyle steel-and-concrete ballpark
capacityPeak over 50,000
city Chicago
cityDistrict Bridgeport
constructionStarted 1909
coordinatesApprox 41.830°N 87.634°W
country United States
demolished 1991
early 1990s
demolitionCompleted 1991
demolitionReason replacement by modern ballpark
fieldOrientation home plate in southwest corner
followedBy Guaranteed Rate Field
New Comiskey Park
historicalEra dead-ball era origin
homeVenueOf Chicago White Sox
leagueHosted Major League Baseball
locatedIn Chicago
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Illinois
locatedInTime 1910–1990
namedAfter Charles Comiskey
notableEventHosted 1917 World Series
1919 World Series
1933 MLB All-Star Game
linked to: MLB All-Star Game

1950 MLB All-Star Game
linked to: MLB All-Star Game

1959 World Series games
linked to: 1959 World Series

1983 MLB All-Star Game
notableFeature exploding scoreboard added later in its history
opened 1910
openedAs Comiskey Park
owner Chicago White Sox
precededBy South Side Park
primaryUse baseball
region American Midwest
sport baseball
structureType double-decked grandstand
successorFacilityLocation across 35th Street
surface natural grass
tenant Chicago White Sox
usedUntil 1990 MLB season

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guaranteed Rate Field replaced Old Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park replacedBy New Comiskey Park
linked to: Old Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park formerName White Sox Park
linked to: Old Comiskey Park
U.S. Cellular Field openedAs New Comiskey Park
linked to: Old Comiskey Park
Old Comiskey Park alsoKnownAs Old Comiskey
linked to: Old Comiskey Park