Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium was a baseball park

Baseball park

A baseball park, also known as a baseball stadium, ball park, or ballpark is a venue where baseball is played. It consists of the playing field and the surrounding spectator seating...

 located in the Songshan District of Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. It was opened in 1959, and hosted numerous major baseball games over the years, including the CPBL's

Chinese Professional Baseball League

The Chinese Professional Baseball League , or CPBL, is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003...

 first game in 1990 between Uni-President Lions

Uni-President Lions

The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...

 and Brother Elephants

Brother Elephants

The Brother Elephants are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. It was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1989...

. During its professional years, the stadium was frequently taken as the home stadium of Brother Elephants, Wei Chuan Dragons

Wei Chuan Dragons

The Wei Chuan Dragons were a professional baseball team in Taiwan's CPBL that existed between 1990 and 1999.- Brief history :This team had a long amateur history when its parent company, the Wei-Chuan Food Corporation, started sponsoring Chinese Culture University's baseball team in late 1970s...

, and mercuries Tigers

Mercuries Tigers

The Mercuries Tigers were a professional baseball team belonging to Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League between 1990 and 1999.-History:...

. It was closed and demolished in 2000. Its site is currently occupied by the Taipei Arena

Taipei Arena

Taipei Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Taipei, Taiwan. Built in 2005, the large multi-purpose stadium can accommodate major international sport events such as ice skating, ice hockey, gymnastics, handball, basketball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, indoor soccer, boxing, judo,...

. Its role in professional baseball was filled by Tianmu Baseball Stadium

Tianmu Baseball Stadium

Taipei Municipal Tianmu Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Tianmu Sport Park in Shilin District, Taipei. It was built in 1999, and mostly hosts baseball games...

 across town and Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in nearby Taipei County

Taipei County

New Taipei City is the most populous city of Taiwan. The area includes a substantial stretch of Taiwan's northern coastline and surrounds the Taipei Basin...

 (now New Taipei City).

See also

• Chinese Professional Baseball League
  Chinese Professional Baseball League
  The Chinese Professional Baseball League , or CPBL, is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003...