How old is the milwaukee brewers stadium

On September 25, , one day after the final Brewers home game of the season, the roof failed while opening and was stuck partially open. A shattered lower guide roller was the cause of the failure. The new bogies were paid for with money from the settlement between the stadium district and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Six of the bogies weigh 66 tons apiece, while the four others weigh 49 tons. The work was completed by lifting sections of the roof approximately six inches with hydraulic lifts, while a ton crane replaced the bogies individually.

While the majority of the project was completed by the start of the season, final calibrations were not complete until the midseason. Because of its height and size, the fixed roof panel on the stadium's west first-base grandstand casts a shadow on the infield during most of the day.

This has caused problems with the maintenance of the grass playing field on the first base side, resulting in the consideration of replacing the natural grass surface with an artificial surface, such as FieldTurf. Milwaukee Brewers Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central.

By attendance at County Stadium began to drop and when new owner, William Bartholomay, purchased the club in he began looking to move the team. On March 5, the Braves announced they would move to Atlanta after the season. Without baseball, the Packers were the only main tenant and they only played half of their games at County Stadium.

Selig was able to get White Sox owner Arthur Allyn to bring his club to County Stadium and play 20 home games throughout the and seasons where they were a hit at the box office.

MLB did not grant Milwaukee an expansion franchise in and Selig purchased the financially struggling Seattle Pilots and moved them to Milwaukee for the season. County Stadium became known for its mascot Bernie the Brewer, his beer barrel, chalet and slide that was added in behind the bleachers in centerfield.

In the s the stadium was enlarged to seat over 52, fans as the upper deck was expanded over the uncovered lower grandstand to the foul poles. The pressbox was remodeled and a new scoreboard was also installed. The Yankees returned the favor in The Braves' season was good but not great; they finished second for the pennant. But there were two no-hitters that season by Lew Burdette and Warren Spahn. In , the County Board banned fans from bringing beer, liquor or soda into County Stadium.

Attendance took a hit. Also attributing to attendance woes were mediocre results — the Braves went from second place, to fourth, then to fifth, from to Rumors began to swirl that Bartholomay wanted out of Milwaukee. The rumors were true. Some records credit attendance woes for wanting a change, others credit a desire for more viewership with the growing usage of this new invention — television.

More years of mediocrity continued, although the Braves finished in fifth place in both and Decades later, Lake Country doesn't have the Brewers, but the story has come full circle, in a way, since the new independent professional baseball team will be in Pabst Farms at a acre site directly west of Wisconsin Harley-Davidson, at the southwest corner of I and Highway Contact Evan Frank at or evan. Our subscribers make this reporting possible. Please consider supporting local journalism by subscribing to the Journal Sentinel at jsonline.

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