Comiskey Park

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baseball stadium demolished building sports venue

Comiskey Park was a historic Major League Baseball stadium in Chicago that served as the longtime home of the Chicago White Sox.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball stadium ⓘ
demolished building ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
architect Zachary Taylor Davis ⓘ
brokeGroundOn 1908-03-17 ⓘ
capacity approximately 32,000 (1910 opening) ⓘ
over 50,000 (peak configuration) ⓘ
city Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
closed 1990-09-30 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1908 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 41.830°N 87.634°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished 1991 ⓘ
demolitionMethod implosion and demolition ⓘ
distanceToSuccessorStadium across 35th Street ⓘ
division American League ⓘ
fieldOrientation home plate facing southeast ⓘ
formerName Old Comiskey Park ⓘ
surface form: White Sox Park
homeVenueOf Chicago White Sox ⓘ
hostedEvent 1917 World Series ⓘ
1919 World Series ⓘ
1959 World Series ⓘ
1983 American League Championship Series ⓘ
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League games ⓘ
Negro league baseball games ⓘ
boxing matches ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
inauguralGameDate 1910-07-01 ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Cook County
namedAfter Charles Comiskey ⓘ
neighborhood Bridgeport ⓘ
notableEvent Disco Demolition Night ⓘ
notableEventDate 1979-07-12 ⓘ
opened 1910-07-01 ⓘ
operator Chicago White Sox ⓘ
owner Chicago White Sox ⓘ
precededBy South Side Park ⓘ
replacedBy Guaranteed Rate Field ⓘ
Old Comiskey Park ⓘ
surface form: New Comiskey Park
siteCurrentlyUsedAs parking lot for Guaranteed Rate Field ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
surface natural grass ⓘ
tenants Kansas City Monarchs (baseball) ⓘ
surface form: Chicago American Giants

Arizona Cardinals ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Cardinals

Chicago White Sox ⓘ

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

Old Comiskey Park → alsoKnownAs → Comiskey Park ⓘ
1919 World Series → ballpark → Comiskey Park ⓘ
1917 World Series → ballparkAL → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Zachary Taylor Davis → designed → Comiskey Park ⓘ
MLB All-Star Game → firstHostBallpark → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Chicago White Sox → formerBallpark → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Guaranteed Rate Field → formerName → Comiskey Park ⓘ
U.S. Cellular Field → formerName → Comiskey Park ⓘ
1959 World Series → game1Location → Comiskey Park ⓘ
1918 World Series → game1Venue → Comiskey Park ⓘ
1959 World Series → game2Location → Comiskey Park ⓘ
1918 World Series → game2Venue → Comiskey Park ⓘ
1959 World Series → game6Location → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Pale Hose → homeBallparkFormerName → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Midsummer Classic → inauguralBallpark → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Disco Demolition Night → location → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Charles Comiskey → namedAfter → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Zachary Taylor Davis → notableWork → Comiskey Park ⓘ
Old Comiskey Park → openedAs → Comiskey Park ⓘ
U.S. Cellular Field → replaced → Comiskey Park ⓘ