Arizona Diamondbacks Stadium

The Arizona Diamondbacks, also known as “The D-Backs” have become an important part of the National League (NL) in Major League Baseball (MLB). While they have only been the World Series Champions once in 2001, they have won the NL West Division championship five times so far. They also have earned the NL pennant twice. Notably, they have shared a rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a long time.

The Arizona Diamondbacks is under the ownership of Ken Kendrick. Mike Hazen serves as the President of baseball operations and General Manager of the team. Torey Lovullo serves as the manager. Under his leadership, they came close to becoming the World Series Champions for the 2nd time in the 2023 MLB season. However, they lost the World Series to the Texas Rangers. Nevertheless, they ranked #2 in the NL West Division and achieved a win-loss-draw record of 84-78-0.

What is the name of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Stadium?

Chase Field, previously known as Bank One Ballpark, is the official stadium for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League baseball (MLB). It is located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The team has been playing in this stadium since its first season in 1998.

Chase Field’s History/ Chase Field Construction and Cost

The preparations for the construction of Chase Field started after the Arizona Diamondbacks were formed as part of 1995 MLB expansion. As a result Maricopa County proposed building a new stadium based on public funding. However, due to budget differences and lack of funds, people of the county protested against this. This resulted in Mary Rose Wilcox, the supervisor of the County being attacked in August 1997. Nevertheless, the construction of the park started in 1996 and it concluded before the team’s first season in 1998. Bank One from Chicago bought the naming rights of the stadium for 30 years for a $100 million deal. The stadium was opened to the public on March 31, 1998. In 2005, JPMorgan Chase & Co. took over Bank One and the stadium was named to Chase Field. For this, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decided to pay $3 million per year.

Chase Field is the first baseball park and third in the MLB to have a retractable roof. The roof surface is made up of natural glass, a first for any baseball stadium. The roof can be opened and closed in about 5 minutes. During day times and hot weather, the roof is closed and in the evenings it is opened. There are also ACs to keep the fans cool in the stadium. The stadium has 63 suites which includes party suites, executive suites, dugout suites as well as a batter’s suite. It also has a party swimming pool on the right center field. A 136 feet long and 46 tall HD screen scoreboard was added to the stadium in 2008 and it is the 5th largest scoreboard in MLB. It cost $14 million. A solar pavilion was also added in 2011. There are also two well known restaurants for fans in the stadium. The Arizona Baseball Club Restaurant can be used by only those with suit tickets. However, Friday's Front Row Sports Grill is available for everyone. For kids, there is an interactive digital suite, a playhouse, a baseball cage and a mini damond field complete with mascots.

The field in the stadium has a grass strip between the mound and the home plate. It is made up of Shaw Sports B1K. The left field is 330 feet, the left center field is 374 feet while the deep left center field is 413 feet. The right field is 334 feet, the right center field is 374 feet while the deep right center field is 413 feet. The center field is 407 feet.

The construction of the Chase Field cost $354 million in 1998, which was equal to $636 million as of 2022. It was constructed by Ellerbe Becket, Wyatt/Rhodes Architects, Castillo Company and Cox James.

Chase Field’s Capacity

Chase Field has the capacity to support 48,405 fans for baseball games featuring the Arizona Diamondbacks as of 2024. However, it saw record attendance on August 31, 2019 with 50,180 fans.

This is a look at the stadium’s capacity from its inception till present.

Chase Field Stadium Seating Chart

The following is the seating chart for the fans for the Arizona Diamondbacks games at Chase Field.

What is the parking cost at Chase Field? Parking Map

The Arizona Diamondbacks, unfortunately, have not provided a parking map for their fans at Chase Field. However, they have provided ParkWhiz, their partner for parking, to help the fans with their parking needs. Fans can book their preferred parking spaces according to their maps available for each game using the ParkWhiz site. The parking rates will also vary according to the maps provided by ParkWhiz.

Chase Field Notable Events

Chase Field has been home to several notable events regarding the Arizona Diamondbacks’ baseball games. These are the notable events -

Other Events

Collegiate Sports

Chase Field has hosted various collegiate football, baseball and women’s basketball games. Notably, it hosted the Insight.com Bowl in 2006.

The stadium also hoted “Challenge at Chase”, a collegiate baseball game between the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Arizona Wildcats in 2006 and 2007. The Arizona Wildcats defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils in both 2006 and 2007. Chase Field has also hosted 9 women’s collegiate basketball games.

Bull Riding

Professional Bull Riders Inc. hosted a Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS) at Chase Field in February 2006. The event was won by Chris Shivers.

Supercross

From 1999 to 2015, Chase Field was the host for Monster Energy Supercross Rounds and Monster Jam in late January.

Pro Wrestling

WWE hosted the 2019 WWE Royal Rumble at Chase Field on January 27, 2019. Seth Rollins won the Royal Rumble and later decided to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at Wrestlemania 35.

Soccer

Chase Field was the home for two international women’s soccer games.

These are the games.

Music Concerts

Chase Field has also been the home for several music concerts held by notable performers. These include Black Sabbath (1998), Kenny Chesney (2016 & 2018), Billy Joel (2019 & 2023), Bad Bunny (2022), Elton John (2022), Morgan Wallen (2023), Pink (2023) and Guns N’ Roses (2023). For 2024, Def Leppard and Journey along with Steve Miller Band will perform on August 23, 2024. Green Day will perform September 18, 2024.