Diamond Park
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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 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, it was located on the Ross Flats below the site of the MacDonald Hotel. There is still a ball diamond on the site, but the stands are gone.
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. A covered grandstand provided 500 and bleachers down the first base 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
Edmonton Eskimos (baseball)
The Edmonton Eskimos were a baseball team that played in the class-D Western Canada League from 1909 until the league's demise in 1914 , and later in a revival of the league between 1919 and 1921. They were known as the Gray Birds in 1912 and 1913. They joined the Western International League...
baseball team, it was located on the Ross Flats below the site of the MacDonald Hotel. There is still a ball diamond on the site, but the stands are gone.