Memorable Moments at Oriole Park at Camden Yards All Star Game Site: 1993  World Series Site: None Cal Ripken plays in his 2,131st consecutive game on September 6, 1995 passing Lou Gehrig record. Ripken's consecutive game streak ends at 2,632 games on September 20, 1998 Eddie Murray's 500th career homerun. Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201

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    Camden Yards has become one of the most influential ballparks built since Shibe Park and Forbes Field pioneered the modern fireproof baseball stadium in 1909. It remains the most famous new ballpark even though it is not new anymore. With an aging Memorial Stadium, the conception of a new stadium in Baltimore began in 1988, when plans were drawn up for a new ballpark to be built in downtown Baltimore. The ballpark was built on land that once was occupied by Babe Ruth’s father’s saloon. The owner of the Orioles at that time, Eli Jacobs, and the architect, Joseph Spear conceived the design for the ballpark. The new ballpark was built similar to ballparks built in the early 1900’s. Steel columns, beams and trusses, not concrete supports the ballpark. The facade is brick with arches (Comiskey Park I). The low raked upper deck keeps the ballpark from looming over other buildings. Bleacher seats and a picnic area behind part of the centerfield fence, also give the ballpark a nostalgia feel. An 1898 B & O Warehouse, eight stories high, and several blocks long, is located beyond the seats in right field. The hitters backdrop in straightaway centerfield is covered with ivy.

      Opening Day at Camden Yards came on April 6, 1992. Over 48,000 fans visited Camden Yards each night, during that season. The three tier grandstand stretches from behind homeplate down the first base line, and down and around the right field foul pole. The Orioles bullpens are located in left centerfield. Oriole Park at Camden Yards has many modern amenities as well. A scoreboard/video board is above the bleacher seats in right field. A 25 foot high out of town scoreboard serves as part of the right field wall. The ballpark also has luxury suites as well. In between the B & O Warehouse is an area, known as Eutaw Street, where fans can snack on ribs and barbeques, see plaques of great Oriole Hall of Famers, shop, and enjoy the sights and sounds of the ballpark. After the 2000 season Camden Yards underwent some minor adjustments. The dimensions were increased from 318 to 320 feet (right), 400 to 406 feet (center), 410 to 417 feet (left-center), and from 333 to 337 feet (left). Almost every new park since has been built in the Camden Yards lineage of baseball-only intimacy: Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Coors Field in Denver, and PNC Park in Pittsburgh. With its great setting in downtown Baltimore, and excellent views of the city, fans still pack Camden Yards regularly.

  
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Name: Oriole Park at Camden Yards 
Location: Baltimore, MD
Tenant: Baltimore Orioles
Capacity: 48,876
Surface:  Grass 
Construction Began: June 28, 1989
Opened: April 6, 1992
Cost: $100 Million
Dimensions: 337-L, 417-LC, 406-C, 375-R, 320-R Line
Architect: HOK
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