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   Today, Pacific Bell Park is one of the best ballparks that have opened, but planning and building it took quite some time. Threats of moving the San Francisco Giants to a new city, prompted a local ownership group to purchase the Giants in 1993, in order to keep the team in San Francisco. The Giants needed a new ballpark because of the bad conditions at Candlestick Park/3 Com Park. In 1995, the Giants announced plans for the first privately financed Major League ballpark since Dodger Stadium. The new ballpark would be located in downtown San Francisco, in the China Basin area. Construction on the steel, concrete, and brick ballpark began on December 11, 1997. Naming rights were sold to Pacific Bell for $50 million over 24 years, thus getting its name Pacific Bell Park.

On April 11, 2000, the Giants played their first regular season baseball game at Pacific Bell Park.  The main three tier grandstand consist of 40,800 green seats which extend from behind homeplate, to both the foul poles. Bleaches are located behind the left field fence. There are no seats behind the left field wall because of McCovey Cove, part of the San Francisco Bay. However, there is enough room where fans can walk behind the right field wall and can see through the screened and brick right field fence.  The main scoreboard is located behind the centerfield fence. A 80 foot long and 25 foot wide replica of a Coca-Cola bottle is located behind the leftfield bleachers. When a Giant hits a homerun, strobes flash inside the bottle, bubbles appear to float from the bottle's mouth, and green and white lights flash up and down the neon tubes running along its ribs. Slides are also inside the bottle. Pacific Bell Park has become an excellent place to watch a baseball game because of the of the beautiful views of the Bay and the surrounding area.  

         
  
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Name: Pacific Bell Park 
Location: San Francisco, CA
Tenant: San Francisco Giants
Capacity: 40,800
Surface:  Grass 
Construction Began: December 11, 1997
Opened: April 11, 2000
Cost: $255 Million
Dimensions: 335-L Line, 364-LC, 404-C, 420-RC, 307-R Line
Architect: HOK 
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