Diamond Park was a 1,500-seat
baseball stadium located in
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, 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
The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...
baseball team (from 1909 to 1914, 1919-1921 and 1922), it was located on the Ross Flats below the
Hotel Macdonald
The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, formerly and commonly known as the Hotel Macdonald (colloquially known as The Mac), is a large historic luxury hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located along 100 Street NW, south of Jasper Avenue, the hotel is situa ...
. The park is still known as Diamond Park and has a shaled-infield ball diamond,
but the stands are gone, likely since 1935 when nearby
Renfrew Park
John Ducey Park was a 6,500-seat baseball stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Originally built in 1933, it was torn down after sixty years of use in 1995 and replaced by Telus Field on the same site. Beginning in 1981, John Ducey Park was the ho ...
was built and replaced Diamond Park as Edmonton's main ball park.
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1907 establishments in Alberta
Defunct baseball venues in Canada
Sports venues in Edmonton
Sports venues completed in 1907
Defunct minor league baseball venues
Baseball venues in Alberta
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