However, given that Taylor's family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, the promotional value of the naming at the time has been cited as well. Taylor claimed the name Fenway Park came from its location in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, which was partially created late in the nineteenth century by filling in marshland or ' fens', to create the Back Bay Fens urban park. Taylor purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium known as Fenway Park. In 1911, while the Red Sox were still playing on Huntington Avenue Grounds, owner John I. The ballpark is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world and a symbol of Boston. It is a pending Boston Landmark, which will regulate any further changes to the park. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park 'a shrine'. On Ma(Fenway's centennial year), the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Besides baseball games, it has also been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the Boston Patriots concerts soccer and hockey games (such as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic) and political and religious campaigns. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of eight that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators.įenway has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including 'The Triangle', Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and, since 1953, its only Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. View of Fenway Park from atop the Green Monsterįenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, near Kenmore Square.

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