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  • 12 images. Cheney Stadium E.L. Mills & Associates, arch. Anderson, Birkeland & Anderson, associate arch. Robert Mast, project engineer Ben Cheney, builder Earley Construction Co., contr. Concrete Technology Corp., structural concrete -named in honor of Ben Cheney, lumberman/ industrialist and local baseball supporter -site cleared for stadium by Fort Lewis soldiers with flamethrowers -construction completed in 3 months, 14 days ("the 100-day wonder") -original capacity of 8,010 (later expanded to 8,500) -opened 4/16/1960 -dedicated 6/9/1960 -rebuilt/remodeled in 2011 -Goodwill Games baseball events held in stadium in 1990 -grandstand seats and light towers from Seals Stadium in San Francisco -bleachers from Sick Stadium in Seattle added in 1989 -center field is 425 ft. with 32 ft. wall, called "the Great Wall of Cheney" (no home runs have been hit over center field, except for a ball hit by Jose Canseco during batting practice in 1985) -highest single game attendance 12,720 against Edmonton on 5/22/1987 (as of 1/1/2000) -highest season attendance 350,919 in 1994 (as of 1/1/2000) -team names: Tacoma Giants (1960-1965); Tacoma Cubs (1966-1971); Tacoma Twins (1972-1977); Tacoma Yankees (1978); Tacoma Tugs (1979- 1980); Tacoma Tigers (1981-1994); Tacoma Rainiers (1995-) -formerly 2525 Bantz Blvd. SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
  • TNT 4/12/1957 Coast League ball for Tacoma (editorial)
  • TNT 1/20/1959 p.1 Ball park meeting scheduled
  • TNT 8/11/1959 p.1 Council vote set on PCL baseball deal
  • TNT 8/15/1959 p.1 PCL park offer made by Cheney
  • TNT 8/18/1959 p.1 Officials OK $590,000 park bond; Snake Lake site chosen for stadium
  • TNT 8/19/1959 p.B9 Work to be pushed on PCL baseball park
  • TNT 8/20/1959 p.B3 City manager believes ball park will pay way
  • TNT 8/23/1959 p.A12 Future home of the Tacoma Giants (map)
  • TNT 8/25/1959 p.16 Giants' baseball officials here today: Mills retained as architect for park
  • TNT 8/26/1959 p.B11 Lease terms agreed upon for PCL park
  • TNT 9/9/1959 p.A1 Council shifts favot to Cheney Field site
  • TNT 9/15/1959 p.1 Snake Lake gets nod as site for ball park
  • TNT 9/17/1959 p.A1 Army clear ball park site with flame guns (il)
  • TNT 9/20/1959 p.A1 Ballpark work starts Monday
  • TNT 10/14/1959 p.A1 Baseball park bonds sold
  • TNT 10/20/1959 p.A1 City will get bargains for new ball park (light towers, lights and seats from San Francisco's Seal Stadium)
  • TNT 10/23/1959 p.1 New baseball park (sketch)
  • TNT 10/27/1959 p.7 Ball park equipment reaches city
  • TNT 10/28/1959 p.A1 There's no place like home (il of work on infield)
  • TNT 10/30/1959 p.A1 Tacoma Giants formally gain league status
  • TNT 11/30/1959 p.1 Tacoma firm low bidder on ball park
  • TNT 12/19/1959 p.1 Architects, engineers study ball park bids
  • TNT 12/22/1959 p.1 Council gets contract for ball park (sketch)
  • TNT 1/18/1960 p.1 Park stands being rushed
  • TNT 1/19/1960 p.15 Bank buys ball park levy
  • TNT 2/5/1960 p.A1 Cheney ball park work on schedule (il under construction)
  • TNT 2/14/1960 p.A1 Grandstand seats (il under construction)
  • TNT 2/16/1960 p.2 (permit taken for value of $890,000)
  • TNT 2/17/1960 p.C4 Growing grandstand (il under construction)
  • TNT 2/21/1960 p.A1,A6 Work on Tacoma's new ball park progressing rapidly as opening day of season approaches (il under construction)
  • TNT 2/25/1960 p.A1,A2 Crane boom crushes truck (il)
  • TNT 2/28/1960 p.A18 Growing grandstand (aerial il)
  • TNT 3/3/1960 p.A1 Snow in the bleachers (il)
  • TNT 3/25/1960 p.1 Last grandstand section in place (il under construction)
  • TNT 4/5/1960 p.25 DAV to run new ballpark parking
  • TNT 4/12/1960 p.C1-D8 Play ball! (Special Section) (il)
  • TNT 4/14/1960 p.1 Rain strikes out game until Saturday
  • TNT 4/16/1960 p.1 Baseball makes Tacoma debut this afternoon (il)
  • TNT 4/17/1960 p.A1,A12,B8 Giants win 11-0, lose 7-12 (vs. Portland Beavers): Mayor dares contempt of Congress as he hits Thor with last pitch (il) p.D2 Giants bring first rate second team, their wives, for first rank rooters
  • TNT 4/24/1960 p.B7 Stadium design topic (il of model)
  • TNT 4/26/1960 p.4 New signal in near ball park
  • TNT 4/28/1960 p.B4 Is ball park financing legal? Opinions differ
  • TNT 5/3/1960 p.B3 Ball park parking lot shows profit
  • TNT 5/13/1960 p.B6 Police give tips on home to ease ball park jam (map)
  • TNT 5/16/1960 p.8 $5 fines face car parkers near ballfield
  • TNT 5/24/1960 p.C1 Council eyes problem of Tightwad Hill
  • TNT 5/27/1960 p.23 Plans for Ben Cheney Stadium (bleachers planned for left field)
  • TNT 6/8/1960 p.C3 Works starts on bleachers (Woodworth Construction Co., contr.)
  • TNT 6/9/1960 p.A1 City to dub ball park Cheney Stadium tonight (il)
  • TNT 6/10/1960 p.1 Cheney Stadium dedication (il)
  • TNT 6/20/1960 p.1 "Big Giants" here for exhibition game
  • TNT 6/21/1960 p.17 Big Giants edge out little Giants, 8-7
  • TNT 6/22/1960 p.C14 Swap of land clears park title p.D3 Tightwad Hill rock injury roils councilman
  • TNT 7/3/1960 p.D1 Home team (il of Tacoma Giants players and their families)
  • TNT 8/5/1960 p.17 Japanese visit Cheney Stadium (il)
  • TNT 9/8/1960 p.1 Ball park in the black - or almost
  • TNT 9/15/1960 p.15 Oral Roberts at Cheney Stadium, Sept. 16-25 (Abundant Life Crusade) p.23 Oral Roberts meetings open here Friday
  • TNT 9/16/1960 p. A4 Evangelist leases park
  • TNT 3/30/1961 p.26 Work on parking lot (il)
  • TNT 4/20/1961 p.B1-B18 Play ball (il) Architectural Record Sept. 1962 p.32-4 Stadium designed and built in four months (il)
  • TNT 10/13/1962 p.11 Sports structures damaged by wind
  • TNT 9/13/1963 p.C3 It's official: JFK due here in two weeks
  • TNT 9/26/1963 p.A1 Overflow crowd to greet JFK: Stadium readied for president (il)
  • TNT 9/27/1963 p.1 U.S. must be kept as citadel of freedom, JFK tells Tacoma: JFK makes dramatic entry into stadium: 25,000 jam stadium to cheer president (il)
  • TNT 9/28/1963 p.1 It's hail and farewell with a Kennedy grin p.3Throngs cheer President Kennedy during Tacoma speech (il)
  • TNT 3/21/1964 p.6 Easter sunrise service
  • TNT 8/24/1964 p.19 Cheney Stadium safe is looted
  • TNT 9/27/1964 p.A8 One year ago ... (il of President John F. Kennedy visit)
  • TNT 5/23/1965 p.A1 Retired deputy remembers still high on Cheney's Tightwad Hill Z
  • TNT 4/17/1966 Magazine p.1,6 Cheney Stadium spruced up for new baseball tenants (il)
  • TNT 4/23/1967 Magazine p.1,3 Cheney Stadium: A pretty package of good things (il)
  • TNT 6/25/1968 p.1 Cheney plan draws park board fire (proposal to demolish stadium and replace with civic center)
  • TNT 10/29/1968 p.1 A world champ comes home to Tacoma; Kaye Hall "drops in" on Wilson classmates (il)
  • TNT 4/5/1969 p.6 Sunrise rite scheduled for stadium
  • TNT 11/11/1969 p.7 Park board asks return of 24 idle acres near Cheney Stadium
  • TNT 8/17/1970 p.1 Tear gas dispels 2,000 rocks fans (Eric Burdon & War concert)
  • TNT 7/19/1990 Hints to arrive at Games' sites on time (Goodwill Games baseball events to be held at Cheney Stadium)
  • TNT 6/26/1997 p.C1 Cheney Stadium facelift in works T.Weekly 2/27/1998 p.1 Cheney gets a face lift
  • TNT 6/23/1999 p.A1 $18 million to spiff up Cheney? (sketch of proposal by Jonathan Pettit, arch.) T.Weekly 7/30/1999 p.1,4 Tacoma's future field of dreams (sketch)
  • TNT 12/12/1999 p.A1 Fix Cheney or goodbye baseball (sketch of proposed renovation by the DLR Group, arch.)
  • TNT 1/13/2001 p.C1 New facility might be needed to keep Rainiers
  • TNT 5/4/2001 p.A1 City, county trading stadium for courtrooms
  • TNT 5/14/2001 p.C1 Cheney Stadium pleads its case for passage of bond
  • TNT 5/17/2001 p.C1 No stadium renovations coming; bond measure fails
  • TNT 7/11/2001 p.B2 County Counil clears way for Cheney Stadium-office space swap (with the City of Tacoma)
  • TNT 2/21/2002 p.B2 City Council OKs building new Cheney Stadium clubhouse (Williams Scotsman, Inc., of Marysville, contr.)
  • TNT 4/13/2002 p.C1 Great day for a duck hunt at Cheney (il after minor alterations)
  • TNT 6/2/2002 p.B1 Ben Cheney's legacy is about baseball - and a whole lot more T.Weekly 6/6/2003 p.A3 Cell tower to rise next to Cheney Stadium
  • TNT 6/29/2003 p.C1 Landmarks in the sky; Cheney lights have given illumination to decades of baseball lore (feature article) (il)
  • TNT 7/10/2004 p.C4 Great Wall of Cheney: spacious Cheney Stadium is a detriment to Rainiers' big fly offensive attack
  • TNT 3/8/2005 p.B1 New Cheney chairs will miss opener; Cheney Stadium's historic seats ... soon will be replaced ...
  • TNT 7/21/2006 p.A1 Rainiers to be sold, but they'll stay
  • TNT 8/29/2006 p.A1 Good news on deck for Rainiers ... $2.5 million in improvements T.Weekly 11/30/2006 p.B1 Facelift planned for Cheney Stadium
  • TNT 1/12/2007 p.B1 Cheney Stadium to get face-lift (Wade Perrow Construction, contr.)
  • TNT 3/11/2007 p.A1 A better Cheney Stadium? ... supporters seek $15 million ... (il,sketch)
  • TNT 5/22/2007 p.B1 She'll take her art to the ball game (il of tile baseball mosiac by artist Jennevieve Schlemmer) T.Weekly 6/19/2008 p.B2 Peanut comes home to roost (Ben Cheney sculpture by artist Paul Michaels)
  • TNT 10/20/2008 p.A1 The time is now, Biden says; Sen. Joe Biden brings the Obama campaign's message of change to Tacoma ...
  • TNT 12/4/2008 p.A1 Tacoma, county plan a bold swap; Tacoma would gain control of Cheney Stadium while Pierce County would get the County-City Building ... (il)
  • TNT 12/10/2008 p.B1 Tacoma, county property swap approved
  • TNT 4/3/2009 p.B1 Cheney goes high-tech (il of new Daktronics video board) T.Daily Index 4/9/2009 p.1 Rainiers unveil new widescreen video board (il) T.Weekly 4/16/2009 p.A1,B1 Cheney Stadium gets upgrades for 2009 season (il)
  • TNT 4/17/2009 p.C1 Old baseball yard starts 50th year
  • TNT 11/9/2009 p.A1 Tacoma board to consider face-lift for Stadium (il)
  • TNT 11/19/2009 p.A1 Rainiers to get new look; City will help remodel Cheney Stadium in return for long lease
  • TNT 11/25/2009 p.A3 City goes to bat for ballpark ... $28 million bond sale ...
  • TNT 12/26/2009 p.A1 Three teams give ideas to Cheney Stadium to City
  • TNT 2/6/2010 p.A1 Firm questions process for Cheney contract T.Daily Index 3/3/2010 p.1 A $30M vision for Cheney Stadium (sketch)
  • TNT 3/3/2010 p.A1 A bold look for redesign of Cheney (sketch)
  • TNT 3/4/2010 p.A1 Revamped Cheney would be more festive with access to mezzanine level T.Weekly 3/4/2010 p.A1 Rainiers unveil the future of Cheney Stadium (sketch) T.Daily Index 3/5/2010 p.1 Cheney Stadium makeover (sketch)
  • TNT 3/10/2010 p.A1 Ballpark redesing Ok'd (Populous/Belay Architecture, arch. and Mortenson Construction, contr.) T.Weekly 3/11/2010 p.A1 Council awards ballpark contract (sketch)
  • TNT 3/14/2010 p.B2 Council members urge "horseshoe" for Cheney design
  • TNT 3/21/2010 p.A1 Cheney redesign hat as the dogs at party T.Weekly 7/8/2010 p.B1 Tacoman remembers finer days at Cheney Stadium (il)
  • TNT 9/2/2010 p.A1 History, intimacy will remain at Cheney
  • TNT 9/3/2010 p.A1 Memories mark Cheney's final game p.B1 Cheney closes, Tacoma loses (Colorado Sky Sox 3, Tacoma 1)
  • TNT 9/8/2010 p.A3 Cheney remodel starts with demolition (il) T.Weekly 9/9/2010 p.A4 Transformation of Cheney Stadium underway
  • TNT 9/30/2010 p.A1 On a firm foundation (il)
  • TNT 11/17/2010 p.A4 Ballpark work to take a bit longer
  • TNT 12/7/2010 p.A3 Off-season rebuilding for Rainiers (il)
  • TNT 1/5/2011 p.A1 New buyers would keep Tacoma Rainiers at Cheney (il) T.Weekly 1/7/2011 p.A1 Changing Cheney (il)
  • TNT 1/25/2011 p.B1 Oh, and baseball (il) T.Weekly 1/28/2011 p.A1 New era unveiled at Cheney Stadium (il) T.Daily Index 2/23/2011 p.1 City, County officials tour ... (il) Business Examiner 3/7/2011 p.13 Let's play ball (il)
  • TNT 3/20/2011 p.A1 Cheney Stadium's receding roofline (il)
  • TNT 3/22/2011 p.A3 Even without a roof, there's something shady about stadium
  • TNT 3/25/2011 p.A4 Cheney Stadium on time, under budget, "pretty nice" in rain
  • TNT 3/28/2011 p.B2 Rainiers Pre-Season Party (held 4/2/2011)
  • TNT 4/2/2011 p.A1 Tacoma built it ... you coming? (il of sculpture "Tilt" by artist Beliz Brother)
  • TNT 4/3/2011 p.C1 Meet your new Stadium, Tacoma (il)
  • TNT 4/5/2011 p.A1 Ownership renovation (il) T.Weekly 4/8/2011 p.A1,B1 New ballpark continues legacy (il)
  • TNT 4/10/2011 p.A1 From 100-day wonder to ... 100-year legend: Cheney 2.0: What's new (feature article) (il) Eatonville Dispatch 4/13/2011 p.A5 Take me out to the (new) ballpark (il)
  • TNT 4/15/2011 p.A3 New ballpark earns designation as city's top "Superflush" site
  • TNT 4/16/2011 p.A1 Classic Tacoma night at Rainier's dapper new digs p.B1 Familiar but not mundane (il)
  • TNT 5/22/2011 p.A1 City-bought furniture for Cheney not cheap seats ... offices, luxury suites ...
  • TNT 6/7/2011 p.A1 Cheney on-budget - except builder now wants $821,000 T.Weekly 7/8/2011 p.A1 New stadium hits it out of the park (il)
  • TNT 7/10/2011 p.C3 Over the years, Cheney Stadium has seen its share of rising stars
  • TNT 10/11/2011 p.A1 Cheney contractor, city sued over unpaid work
  • TNT 11/11/2011 p.B1 Cheney got remodel right (Ballpark Digest's 2011 Ballpark Renovation of the Year) T.Daily Index 1/5/2012 p.1 $1.4 million project to improve Cheney Stadium parking lot, streets, sidewalks (map) T.Daily Index 5/18/2012 p.1 Green project scores; Cheney Stadium stormwater project earns enviro award T
  • TNT 10/15/2012 p.1 $1.4 million stormwater upgrades on deck for Cheney Stadium parking lot T.Daily Index 10/18/2012 p.1 Tacoma City Council OKs $1.4 M stormwater upgrads ... (map)
  • TNT 4/19/2013 p.B1 Tacoma to be tested for its soccer support (Seattle Sounders to play game at Cheney)
  • TNT 5/10/2013 p.B1 Cheney Stadium gets test as soccer site
  • TNT5/13/2013 p.B1 Pro soccer has its day again in Tacoma (il) T.Daily Index 8/29/2013 p.1 Groundbreaking for $1.5 M Cheney Stadium sustainable stormwater project
  • TNT 9/22/2013 p.A1 The day Kennedy came to Tacoma (feature article by Peter Callaghan) (il)
  • TNT 9/26/2013 p.A1 New Cheney lot will allow water to drain T.Weekly 1/10/2014 p.A7 Cheney Stadium is now Tacoma's best sports bar ... Seahawks football at the Sterling Bank Summit Club
  • TNT 1/12/2014 p.A1 Lights-out football at Cheney ... power goes out (during Seahawks playoff game)
  • TNT 2/14/2014 p.A16 New signs would help fans find Rainiers' park (sketch)
  • TNT 4/3/2014 p.A3 Taacoma baseball celebrates 20 years with the Rainiers; new signs are meant to help fans find their way to the front door (il) T.Weekly 4/4/2014 p.A7 Rainiers ready to start another exciting season (il of new neon sign) T.Daily Index 7/8/2014 p.2 Eco-friendly Cheney Stadium project earns environmental award T.Weekly 7/18/2014 p.A6 Cheney Stadium at Tacoma treasure
  • TNT 4/19/2015 p.A1 Adding chapter of family tradition (il of Henry Cheney): Things "R" finally connecting for fans and Rainier's front office
  • TNT 10/21/2015 p.A3 New park planned for Cheney Stadium includes whiffle ball field (sketch)
  • TNT 6/8/2016 p.A1 Cheney to host 2017 Triple-A All-Stars
  • TNT 6/7/2017 p.A3 Safety concerns prompt Evergreen to move graduation (to Cheney Stadium)
  • TNT 6/17/2017 p.A3 After a month of tumult, Evergreen grads take part in a ritual of academia
  • TNT 7/10/2017 p.B1 Blasts from the past: Top 5 HRs at Cheney
  • TNT 7/13/2017 p.A1 Architect of Cheney remodel reflects on his project (David Bower of Populous Architects)
  • TNT 11/2/2017 p.A1 Sounders 2 coming to Tacoma two years early - and to Cheney Stadium (sketch)
  • TNT 8/14/2018 p.A6 Franklin Graham calls for Christian political activism in tour stop in Tacoma
  • TNT 8/26/2018 p.C2 Broadcast both to be renamed after Robertson (legendary broadcaster Bob Robertson)
  • TNT 8/27/2018 p.B2 Two rough innings ... (il of Bob Robertson Broadcast Booth)
  • TNT 1/3/2019 p.A3 The unexpected risk of dancing on the Cheney Stadium roof
  • TNT 1/31/2019 p.A1 Women's pro team Seattle Reign FC moving to Cheney Stadium 796.357 C421C 796.357 J764S 796.357 T119T 1989 p.55; 1992 p.15,74
  • Year Built: 1960
  • Decade Built: 1960s