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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Diamond Park (Edmonton)

Diamond Park was a 1,500-seat baseball stadium located in Edmonton, Alberta. A covered grandstand provided 500 and bleachers down the first-base line had 1,000 more seats. Constructed by a local businessman Frank Gray, who was also Edmonton's baseball club director, in 1907. Home to the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team (from 1909 to 1914, 1919-1921 and 1922), it was located on the Ross Flats below the Hotel Macdonald. The park is still known as Diamond Park and has a shaled-infield ball diamond, but the stands are gone, likely since 1935 when nearby Renfrew Park was built and replaced Diamond Park as Edmonton's main ball park.

References

  1. ^ 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 0-919091-05-9.
  4. ^ "Ball Diamonds: Premier Diamonds". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 16 December 2015.