Fenway Park

Fenway Park is one of the two oldest baseball stadiums currently in use. Located at 4 Yawkey Way in Boston, it’s home to Red Sox, and is located near Kenmore Square. It opened in 1912 and has remained in use ever since.

Fenway Park is situated in an urban area and as a result of its age, there have been many renovations over the years as well as some additions. However, the feel of the park has remained virtually unchanged for decades.

The famous Green Monster is Fenway’s signature feature. The Green Monster is a nickname given to the green-colored wall that towers above left field. It is barely three hundred feet away from home plate and stands 32 feet high. Once covered in advertisements, the wall was painted green in 1947. Originally made from wood, it later got a covering of tin and concrete. In 1976, it got a coat of hard plastic.

The manually operated scoreboard located inside the wall has been the subject of numerous stories over the years and is another signature ‘throwback’ feature of Fenway.

This park was originally named after the Fenway District of Boston, however it might have also been named after the Fenway Realty Company.

Fenway became an icon for its quirks and quaint appeal. Some of baseball’s brightest stars spanning virtually the entire history of baseball played there. Babe Ruth pitched there. Ted Williams became the Splendid Splinter while patrolling the outfield from the late 1930s to the early 1960s. Carl Yastrzemski won baseball’s last triple crown for the Sox in 1967. Carlton Fisk’s famous homer in game six of the 1975 World Series remains one of baseball’s greatest moments.

After winning four World Series in the park’s first seven seasons, Fenway Park saw an 86-year championship drought, but the club’s long frustrations never stopped fans from coming in droves.

The park is small—with just under 40,000 seats available and every single game since May 15, 2003 has been completely sold out, even though seats have been added–including some atop the famous Green Monster, now among the most desirable tickets in sports.