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The Dodger Stadium Story. Dodger's Game!. This Saturday we are going to a Dodger's baseball game in Los Angeles. The Dodger stadium is very, very large. It covers 315 acres which is about the size of five Dunn School campuses. The stadium can seat 56,000 people !. Stadium History. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: The Dodger Stadium Story

The Dodger Stadium

Story

Page 2: The Dodger Stadium Story

Dodger's Game!

This Saturday we are going to a Dodger's

baseball game in Los Angeles.

The Dodger stadium is very, very large. It

covers 315 acres which is about the size of five Dunn School campuses. The stadium can seat

56,000 people !

Page 3: The Dodger Stadium Story

Stadium History

Built in 1962, the Dodger Stadium is the third oldest stadium in Major League

Baseball. It is set in a beautiful location—Chavez

Ravine—that overlooks downtown LA to the south

and the San Gabriel mountains to the north.

 Every stadium takes a lot of money, energy and

planning to build, but the Dodger Stadium's history

has a sad side to it.

Page 4: The Dodger Stadium Story

The Community

Before the stadium was built, there was an tight-knit

Mexican-American community in Chavez Ravine. Most

people had lived with their families in the area for 40

years or more.

 The community was very healthy and happy. Chavez Ravine was different from

other places in Los Angeles because it felt like the

countryside: people grew gardens, had chickens, herded sheep, and were

friendly with their neighbors.

Page 5: The Dodger Stadium Story

LA was Changing• But many people living in Los Angeles did not

appreciate the community. They thought the area was poor and old. They wanted to build new buildings to make Los Angeles a "world-class" city like New York.

Page 6: The Dodger Stadium Story

Forced OutThe city of Los Angeles decided to tear down

people's houses so they could build new apartment

buildings. They tried to convince people to move

out of their homes. When people did not want to move, the government

tricked or forced people to move. The city promised people that they would

have new homes…but the new housing was never built. Many people who

moved out of Chavez Ravine were left homeless. Their

neighborhood was destroyed.

Page 7: The Dodger Stadium Story

Fighting BackThe people of Chavez Ravine fought the Los

Angeles government for a long time. But they

did not win. In the end, 1,200 families had to

move, and their homes were destroyed. Their schools were torn down and people had to move away from their friends.

For some families, it took three generations to recover from being

driven out of their home.

Page 8: The Dodger Stadium Story

No New Housing

Although there were plans to build new

housing, the housing was never built.

Instead, the city of Los Angeles decided to give the land to the Dodgers to build a

stadium.

Page 9: The Dodger Stadium Story

People Remember

People who were forced to leave their

homes were very angry. Some of the

people whose homes were destroyed have

never attended a Dodger's game, and the sad story of how people were evicted from their homes is

still told in many families today.

Page 10: The Dodger Stadium Story

Things to Think About

What did the stadium bring to the city of Los Angeles that was more important

than the community's needs?

Why is this story significant?

Describe another example of a government over-riding a

community's needs.

Can you think of a solution that would have been better for everyone? Describe your

solution.

Page 11: The Dodger Stadium Story

Things to Think About 2If you were a city planner,

what kinds of things do you need to consider in order to

take care of everyone's needs?

Do you think the Chavez Ravine community would have survived if the new housing had been built?

Page 12: The Dodger Stadium Story

SourcesClick icon to add picture

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/chavezravine/cr.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2009/05/eric-avila-is-an-associate-professor-of-chicano-studies-history-and-urban-planning-at-ucla-his-book-popular-culture-in-the.html

http://articles.latimes.com/print/2008/mar/29/sports/sp-ravine29