Editing Chase Field (section)

==History==
The park was built during a wave of new, baseball-only parks in the 1990s.  Although nearly all of those parks were open-air, it was taken for granted that a domed stadium was a must for a major-league team to be viable in the Phoenix area. Phoenix is by far the hottest major city in North America; the average high temperature during baseball's regular season is {{convert|99.1|°F|°C }}, and game-time temperatures well above {{convert|100|°F|°C }} are common during the summer.

===Stadium funding===
In the spring of 1994, the [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] [[Maricopa County Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]] approved a 0.25 percent increase in the county sales tax to pay for their portion of the stadium funding. That happened during a huge county budget deficit and lack of funding for other services. The sales tax was very unpopular with local citizens, who were not permitted to vote on funding a baseball stadium with general sales tax revenue (use of public subsidies for stadium projects was prohibited by a 1989 referendum). The issue was so controversial and divisive that, in August 1997, Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox was shot and injured while leaving a county board meeting by Larry Naman, a homeless man, who attempted to argue in court that her support for the tax justified his attack. In May 1998, Naman was found guilty of attempted first-degree murder.<ref name="asu1">{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Charles |title=Jury Finds Naman Guilty, Homeless Man Convicted of Attempted Murder In Shooting |url=http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/archives/may98/0072.html |work=The Arizona Republic |date=May 6, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070804190859/http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/archives/may98/0072.html |archive-date=August 4, 2007}}</ref>

The cost of the stadium was estimated at $279 million in 1995,<ref>[http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1996/09/02/story6.html Ballpark-Brick Sale to Offset Costs] Bizjournals.com</ref> but cost overruns, in part because of rising prices for steel and other materials, pushed the cost to $364 million.<ref>[http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1998/07/13/story2.html?t=printable D-Backs Expect Skyrocketing Results From BOB] Bizjournals.com</ref> As part of the stadium deal, the Diamondbacks were responsible for all construction costs over $253 million. The extra expenses, combined with the Diamondbacks and the other expansion franchise, the [[Tampa Bay Rays|Tampa Bay Devil Rays]], not being allowed to share in national MLB revenue for their first five years of operations, left the Diamondbacks in a less-than-desirable financial situation, which came back to haunt team founder and managing partner [[Jerry Colangelo]] and his group.

===Since 1996===
Construction on the park began in 1996, and was finished just before the Diamondbacks' first season, in [[1998 Major League Baseball season|1998]]. It was the third MLB stadium to have a retractable roof and the first in the United States (at the time, only Toronto's SkyDome ([[Rogers Centre]]) and Montreal's Olympic Stadium had them; others since are [[Daikin Park]] in Houston, [[American Family Field]] in Milwaukee, [[Globe Life Field]] in Arlington, [[T-Mobile Park]] in Seattle, and [[LoanDepot Park]] in Miami). It was also the first ballpark to feature natural grass in a retractable roof stadium.

The stadium hosted Games 1, 2, 6, and 7 of the [[2001 World Series]] between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the [[2001 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]. The [[2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Diamondbacks]] won all four home games, winning the title in seven games, and thus denying the Yankees a fourth consecutive championship. It was only the third time that the home team won all games of a World Series, with the other two instances occurring in {{wsy|1987}} and {{wsy|1991}}, both by the [[Minnesota Twins]].

In March 2006, Chase Field played host to three first-round games of the [[2006 World Baseball Classic|World Baseball Classic]].

Chase Field hosted the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] in [[2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2011]].<ref name="usatoday7-12-2011">{{cite web|last=Dodd|first=Mike|date=July 12, 2011|title=Diamondbacks Are Experts at Keeping Heat at Bay|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2011-07-12-all-star-game-heat_n.htm|access-date=July 21, 2014|newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>

Chase Field hosted the [[2017 National League Wild Card Game]] between the Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. This was the D-Backs' first appearance in the postseason as a Wild Card team. The D-Backs won 11–8 and advanced to the 2017 NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers but were swept in three games. Game 3 was held at Chase Field, when the D-Backs lost 3–1.

[[File:DBacks3.jpg|thumb|left|The pool at Chase Field as it appeared in 2009|alt=]]
Chase Field has a swimming pool located in right-center field, which is rented to patrons as a suite holding 35 guests for $3,500 per game during the 2011 season. [[Mark Grace]] was the first player to hit a home run into the pool. Besides baseball, the pool has been used by [[Monster Jam]]'s Jim Koehler to continue his tradition of swimming after Freestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monsterjam.com/Results/2011/01/29/Phoenix,_AZ/|title=MonsterJam Results January 29, 2011|access-date=February 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714112745/http://www.monsterjam.com/Results/2011/01/29/Phoenix,_AZ/|archive-date=July 14, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The pool which opened with the stadium in 1998, was redesigned in the offseason leading up to the [[2005 Arizona Diamondbacks season|2005 season]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 19, 2005 |title=D-Backs dive into pool renovation |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2005/01/17/daily32.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312094117/https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2005/01/17/daily32.html |archive-date=March 12, 2005 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |work=Phoenix Business Journal}}</ref> 

The ballpark featured a dirt strip between [[home plate]] and the [[pitcher's mound]] until 2019. This dirt strip, sometimes known as the "keyhole", was very common in old-time ballparks up to 1938. The dirt strip was removed when synthetic turf was installed and since then, [[Comerica Park]] is the only park to have one.

The park's foul territory is somewhat larger than that for most ballparks built in the 1990s. With 80% of the seats in foul territory, the upper deck is one of the highest in the majors. The park's suites are tucked far under the third deck, which keeps the upper deck closer to the action, with the exception of the Dugout Suites which sit next to the home and visitor's dugouts.

Before the [[2008 Major League Baseball season|2008 season]] began, an [[High-definition video|HD]] scoreboard was installed beyond center field, replacing the original. The new scoreboard is {{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}} high and {{convert|136|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide and cost $14 million. It is the fifth-largest HD screen in Major League Baseball behind [[Kauffman Stadium]].  The screen at Kauffman is larger in area and is square but Chase Field's screen is wider and rectangular.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chase Field Offers D-Backs Fans A High-Def Welcome Back|first=Scott|last=Craven|url=http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0403chasefield0403.html|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=April 3, 2008|access-date=April 4, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Daktronics">{{cite web |last1=Melanson |first1=Donald |title=Arizona Diamondbacks getting ginormous HD-X display from Daktronics |url=http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/11/arizona-diamondbacks-getting-ginormous-hd-x-display-from-daktron/ |website=Engadget HD |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505135132/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/01/11/arizona-diamondbacks-getting-ginormous-hd-x-display-from-daktron/ |archive-date=May 5, 2010 |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=September 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Premium seating includes 4,400 club seats, 57 suites, 6 party suites, Executive suite, batters box suite, two dugout suites, and a swimming pool.

The [[2019 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Diamondbacks]] and [[2019 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] game on September 24, 2019, was the longest game in Chase Field's history. It lasted six hours and 53 minutes, involving 19 innings.

On October 12, 2018, the Diamondbacks announced that they would replace their natural grass surface with a synthetic surface from Shaw Sports Turf for the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2018/10/12/arizona-diamondbacks-installing-synthetic-grass-chase-field-2019/1614391002/ |title=Arizona Diamondbacks installing synthetic grass at Chase Field |date=October 12, 2018 |website=azcentral.com |access-date=October 13, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, leaked images of a potential new stadium by architectural firm MEIS Architects were briefly online before being removed by the firm.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Jeremy Cluff and Rebekah L.|title=New Arizona Diamondbacks stadium images leaked by architectural firm?|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2019/05/20/arizona-diamondbacks-stadium-images-leaked-architectural-firm/3745263002/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}}</ref>

The stadium hosted the third, fourth and fifth games of the [[2023 World Series]] between the [[2023 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Diamondbacks]] and the [[2023 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]].

===Naming rights===
The stadium was called Bank One Ballpark when [[Bank One]] of Chicago, Illinois (who had acquired locally based [[Valley National Bank of Arizona]] in 1992), purchased naming rights for $100 million over 30 years. After Bank One merged with New York-based [[JPMorgan Chase|JPMorgan Chase & Co.]] in 2005, Chase assumed the naming rights and the stadium's name was changed to Chase Field.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bank One Ballpark renamed Chase Field |url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/article_ce5c2161-c002-5744-b4c7-63fcb29d02cb.html |website=East Valley Tribune |access-date=26 January 2022 |language=en |date=7 October 2011}}</ref>