Citizens Bank Park
Citizens Bank Park
The Bank
Location
One Citizens Bank Way, Philadelphia,
PA 19148
Coordinates
39°54′21″N 75°9′59″W / 39.90583°N
75.16639°W / 39.90583;
-75.16639Coordinates: 39°54′21″N
75°9′59″W / 39.90583°N 75.16639°W /
39.90583; -75.16639
Broke
ground
June 28, 2002
Opened
April 3, 2004
Owner
Philadelphia Phillies
Surface
Kentucky Blue Grass
Construction
cost
$458 million
Architect
Ewing Cole Cherry Brott (Philadelphia)
Populous (formerly HOK Sport Kansas
City)
Project
Manager
John Stranix
Main
contractors
L. F. Driscoll Co
Hunt Construction
Synterra, Ltd.
Don Todd Associates, Inc.
Capacity
43,647 (2007-present)[1]
43,308 (2006)
43,500 (2004-05)
Field
dimensions
Left Field - 329 feet (100 m)
Left-Center - 374 feet (114 m)
Deep Left-Center - 387 feet (118 m)
Left of Center Field - 409 feet (125 m)
Center Field - 401 feet (122 m)
Deep Right-Center - 398 feet (121 m)
Right-Center - 369 feet (112 m)
Right Field - 330 feet (101 m)
Tenants
Philadelphia Phillies (MLB) (2004-present)
Citizens Bank Park (informally known as
The Bank) is a 43,647-seat baseball park in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the South
Philadelphia Sports Complex, and home of
the Philadelphia Phillies. Citizens Bank Park
opened on April 3, 2004 and hosted its first
regular season baseball game on April 12 of
the same year, with the Phillies losing to the
Cincinnati Reds, 4–1. The ballpark was built
to replace the now-demolished Veterans Sta-
dium (a football/baseball multipurpose facil-
ity), and features natural grass and dirt play-
ing field and also features a number of Phil-
adelphia style food stands, including several
which serve cheesesteaks, hoagies, and other
regional specialties.
History
In 1998, the Phillies and the Philadelphia
Eagles of the National Football League joined
their Western Pennsylvania counterparts, the
Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steel-
ers in making requests to replace both Veter-
ans Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium in
Pittsburgh with separate stadiums, much of
which came after a railing