Diamond Park | |
Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
Broke Ground: | 1906 |
Built: | 1907 |
Opened: | [1] |
Owner: | Frank Gray[2] |
Cost: | $6,000 |
Capacity: | 1500 |
Tenants: | Edmonton Eskimos 1909–1911, 1914, 1919–1921, 1922 Edmonton Gray Birds 1912–1913 |
Diamond Park was a 1,500-seat baseball stadium located in Edmonton, Alberta. A covered grandstand provided 500 and bleachers down the first-base line had 1,000 more seats. Constructed by a local businessman Frank Gray, who was also Edmonton's baseball club director, in 1907. Home to the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team (from 1909 to 1914, 1919-1921 and 1922), it was located on the Ross Flats below the Hotel Macdonald.[3] The park is still known as Diamond Park and has a shaled-infield ball diamond,[4] but the stands are gone, likely since 1935 when nearby Renfrew Park was built and replaced Diamond Park as Edmonton's main ball park.