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fromDodger Blue
9 hours ago
Major League Baseball

This Day In Dodgers History: Walter O'Malley Buys Land To Build Dodger Stadium

Walter O'Malley purchased Chavez Ravine for $494,000 on February 18, 1960, enabling construction and 1962 opening of Dodger Stadium and long-term Dodgers ownership.
fromDodgers Nation
2 months ago
LA Dodgers

Dodgers Owner Walter O'Malley Used Disneyland as Inspiration for Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium was built on land seized from predominantly Mexican-American Chavez Ravine residents after a decade-long dispute and was privately financed with Disneyland-inspired design elements.
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fromDodger Blue
2 months ago

This Day In Dodgers History: Walter O'Malley Elected Into Baseball Hall of Fame

On Dec. 3, 2007, longtime Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley earned the minimum amount of votes necessary for induction and was posthumously elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the veterans committee. The famed owner, who entered the Hall of Fame officially during an induction ceremony in 2008, oversaw the Dodgers organization from 1950 until his death in 1979 at the age of 75.
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