Diamond Park
{{Short description|Baseball stadium}}
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| name = Diamond Park
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| location = Edmonton, Alberta
| coordinates = {{Coord|53.536584|-113.492095|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| broke_ground = 1906
| built = 1907
| opened = {{Start date|1907|05|29}}{{cite book
|author=Ducey, Brant E.
|title=The Rajah of Renfrew: the life and times of John E. Ducey, "Edmonton's Mr. Baseball"
|publisher=University of Alberta Press
|location=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
|year=1998
|page=[https://archive.org/details/rajahofrenfrewli0000duce/page/44 44]
|isbn=0-88864-314-4
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|url=https://archive.org/details/rajahofrenfrewli0000duce/page/44
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| owner = Frank Gray{{cite book
|author=Aubrey, Merrily K.
|title=Naming Edmonton: from Ada to Zoie
|publisher=University of Alberta Press
|location=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
|year=2004
|page=[https://archive.org/details/namingedmontonfr00aubr/page/73 73]
|isbn=0-88864-423-X
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|url=https://archive.org/details/namingedmontonfr00aubr
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| tenants = Edmonton Eskimos 1909–1911, 1914, 1919–1921, 1922
Edmonton Gray Birds 1912–1913
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Diamond Park was a 1,500-seat baseball stadium located in Edmonton, 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 baseball team (from 1909 to 1914, 1919-1921 and 1922), it was located on the Ross Flats below the Hotel Macdonald.{{cite book |title= Edmonton:Portrait of a City|last1= Person|first1=Dennis|last2=Routledge|first2=Carin|year=1981 |publisher=Reidmore |location=Edmonton |isbn=0-919091-05-9 |page= 87}} The park is still known as Diamond Park and has a shaled-infield ball diamond,{{cite web|title=Ball Diamonds: Premier Diamonds|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/activities_parks_recreation/ball-diamonds.aspx|publisher=City of Edmonton|accessdate=16 December 2015}} but the stands are gone, likely since 1935 when nearby Renfrew Park was built and replaced Diamond Park as Edmonton's main ball park.
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Category:1907 establishments in Alberta
Category:Defunct baseball venues in Canada
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Category:Defunct minor league baseball venues
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