- Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are by far the oldest active MLB stadiums.
- Only seven of the current ballparks were built before 1990.
- More than half of MLB teams have opened a new stadium since the turn of the century.
The different characteristics of MLB stadiums are a factor to bear in mind when weighing the MLB betting markets.
From the altitude in Denver to the wind in San Francisco, from the short porch at Yankee Stadium to the reconfigured Camden Yards, baseball has more variety in its venues than any other sport.
What’s the Oldest MLB Stadium Still in Use Today?
| Team | Year Stadium Opened |
| Boston Red Sox | 1912 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1914 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1962 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 1966 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1966 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1973 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1989 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 1990 |
| Chicago White Sox | 1991 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 1992 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 1994 |
| Colorado Rockies | 1995 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1998 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1999 |
| Detroit Tigers | 2000 |
| Houston Astros | 2000 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2000 |
Fenway Park (which features a BetMGM online sportsbook logo on the Green Monster) and Wrigley Field are in a league of their own. Both ballparks hosted their first regular-season games before the start of World War I. Each is well over a century old, almost 50 years older than any other active MLB stadium.
Fenway Park opened very shortly after the sinking of the Titanic. Wrigley Field became a National Historic Landmark in 2020, and in 1988, it became the last MLB venue to have lights installed for night games.
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After swapping coasts in the 1950s, the Los Angeles Dodgers spent four years at the Los Angeles Coliseum while their stadium was being built. Once they moved into Dodger Stadium, attendance records were toppled on a regular basis.
Of the current ballparks, Sammy Sosa holds the record for the most home runs in a ballpark with 293 at Wrigley Field. While this number is a long way clear of almost everyone else (including Barry Bonds at Oracle Park), Sosa could come under threat from Aaron Judge or Mike Trout in the years to come.
Among the 12 oldest stadiums, the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays are the only teams with a roof. The Rays have MLB’s only fixed roof at Tropicana Field.
Trends in stadium building have evolved throughout the decades. MLB teams using multi-purpose stadiums has thankfully become less common, though some of the modern ballparks are lacking the charm of the older venues around the big leagues.
