Choctaw Stadium
Choctaw Stadium (known until August 2021 as Globe Life Park in Arlington) is a stadium in Arlington, Texas. From its opening in 1994 until 2019, it was a baseball park that was home to the Major League Baseball team called the Texas Rangers. The ballpark replaced the old home of the Rangers, Arlington Stadium. It closed as a baseball park in October 2019 after the Rangers moved across the street to a retractable-roof stadium, Globe Life Field.
The Ballpark The Temple The Globe | |
 Choctaw Stadium | |
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| Former names | The Ballpark in Arlington (1994–2004) Ameriquest Field in Arlington (2004–2007) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (2007-2014) Globe Life Park in Arlington (2014–2021) |
|---|---|
| Location | 1000 Ballpark Way Arlington, Texas 76011 |
| Coordinates | 32°45′5″N 97°4′58″W / 32.75139°N 97.08278°W |
| Owner | Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority |
| Operator | Rangers Baseball Express |
| Capacity | 48,194[4] |
| Record attendance | 52,419 |
| Field size | Left Field Line - 332 feet (101 m) Left Center - 390 feet (119 m) Deep Left Center - 404 feet (123 m) Center Field - 400 feet (122 m) Deep Right Center - 407 feet (124 m) Right Center - 377 feet (115 m) Right Field Line - 325 feet (99 m) Backstop - 60 feet (18 m) |
| Surface | Infield: Y2 Zoysiagrass Outfield: Tifway 419 Bermudagrass |
| Construction | |
| Started | April 2, 1992 |
| Opened | April 1, 1994 |
| Construction cost | US$191 million ($349 million in 2024 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | David M. Schwarz Architectural Services, Inc. HKS, Inc. (architect of record) |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore/Datum[2] |
| Services engineer | Dunn Consulting Engineers[3] |
| General contractor | Manhattan Construction Company |
| Tenants | |
| Texas Rangers (MLB) (1994–2019) Dallas Renegades (XFL) (2020–present) North Texas SC (MLS Next Pro) (2020–present) Dallas Jackals (MLR) (2022–present) | |
After the Rangers moved out, the stadium was rebuilt for football and soccer, and soon gained new tenants in both sports. In football, the Dallas Renegades, a team in the revival of the XFL (now called the UFL), started playing there when the league started in February 2020. In soccer, North Texas SC, a team that plays in the third level of U.S. soccer, originally USL League One and now MLS Next Pro, started playing at Globe Life Park in March 2020. The latter team, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas, had played its first season of 2019 at FC Dallas' home of Toyota Stadium in another Dallas–Fort Worth suburb, Frisco. In 2022, the Dallas Jackals, a new team in Major League Rugby, began using Choctaw Stadium as their home field. The stadium also hosts local high school football games.
In August 2021, the stadium received its current name via a sponsorship contract with Choctaw Casinos & Resorts, a Native American casino company.[5][6]
References
change- ↑ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ↑ Sports Projects - Datum Engineers
- ↑ "Walker Engineering - Sports & Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ Texas Rangers on the Forbes MLB Team Valuations List
- ↑ Cardona, Megan (August 26, 2021). "Globe Life Park renamed Choctaw Stadium following naming rights agreement". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ↑ "New for 2021: Choctaw Stadium". soccerstadiumdigest.com. Soccer Stadium Digest. August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
Sources
change- Green Cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry