Ebbets Field 1912-1957
Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers built at the cost of $750,000 and named for its owner Charles Ebbets, opened on April 9, 1913. To greet the fans there were 12 turnstiles and 12 gilded ticket windows, a stunning 80-foot rotunda made from Italian marble, with floor tile representing the stitches of a baseball and a chandelier with 12 baseball bat arms holding 12 globes shaped like baseballs. But for the press there was no press box, until one was built in 1929.
Between 1926 and 1932 Ebbets Field went under several renovations, adding bleachers to center field and extending the double deck from third base to the left field corner and across to center field. After World War II a large electric Schafer Beer sign was added to the top of the scoreboard. It gave the official scorer’s rulings, notifying the fans of the scorer’s decision, with the “h” or “e” lighting up for hit or error. Another famous sign located at the base of the scoreboard was Abe Stark’s “Hit Sign Win Suit” - but to win the suit you had to hit it on a fly. Renowned for its fans and history, only 6,637 fans attended the final game on September 24, 1957. On February 23, 1960 demolition began to make way for
the Ebbets Field Apartments.
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