Old Comiskey Park

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baseball stadium former building sports venue

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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball stadium → former building → sports venue →
alsoKnownAs	Comiskey Park → Old Comiskey →
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 → 1950 MLB All-Star Game → 1959 World Series games → 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 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old Comiskey Park ("Old Comiskey") →	alsoKnownAs
Comiskey Park ("White Sox Park") →	formerName
U.S. Cellular Field ("New Comiskey Park") →	openedAs
Guaranteed Rate Field →	replaced
Comiskey Park ("New Comiskey Park") →	replacedBy