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Historical · MLB
Comiskey Park
Former home of the Chicago White Sox
Chicago, IL
Still to visit
Teams
Chicago White Sox
MLB · baseball
1910–1990
Also known as White Sox Park · Old Comiskey Park
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 43,951
- The 1990 figure. The page lists 28,000 for 1910–1926 and a peak of 52,000 for 1927–1937.Source for capacity
- Record attendance
- 55,555
- May 20, 1973, White Sox against Minnesota. The smallest listed crowd is 511 on May 6, 1971, against Boston.Source for record attendance
- Opened
- July 1, 1910
- Built by Charles Comiskey and designed by Zachary Taylor Davis. Ground broken in 1910.Source for opened
Names and sponsors
Timeline
1910
1918
1919
1947
1973
1979
1990
July 1, 1910
Browns win the first game
The first game at Comiskey Park was July 1, 1910, a 2–0 loss to the Saint Louis Browns. Charles Comiskey had built the park for the White Sox. It would host more than 6,000 major-league games.
SourceUpcoming schedule
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Seating chart
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Location
- Loop / River North. Central for United Center rideshares and Red/Brown Line hops; Addison Red Line for Wrigley.
- South Loop. Closer feel to Rate Field / Sox territory and Museum Campus / Soldier Field.
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