Ebbets believed Washington Park, or any of their other fields, would not be suitable for the game of baseball he wanted his team to play. It was a wooden structure and subject to significant maintenance and fire risks.
The stadium, which was designed by Clarence Randall Van Buskirk and built by Castle Brothers, Inc., cost $750,000 to build at the time, which is more than $22 million today.
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