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Tags | Baseball Professionalism, Business of Baseball, MusicBaseball Professionalism, Business of Baseball, Music |
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City/State/Country: | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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Game | Base BallBase Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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Text | May 15, 1862: "The Union Baseball Grounds at March Avenue and Rutledge Street in Brooklyn is opened, the first enclosed ball field to charge an admission fee." |
Sources | James Charlton, The Baseball Chronology (Macmillan, 1991), page 15. Regarding the opening of the Union Grounds, see: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Feb. 12 and May 16, 1862; New York Clipper, Feb. 22, 1862; New York Sunday Mercury May 11 and May 18, 1862, |
Warning | Caveats: Admission was charged in 1858 for the Brooklyn-New York games at the Fashion Race Course, Queens, which was enclosed but not a 'ball field'. Before the Union Grounds, there were no ball field enclosed for the purpose of charging admission. |
Comment | Admission had occasionally also been charged for "benefit" games for charities or to honor prominent players. Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submission Note | "Comment" added 10/7/2014 Bob Tholkes |
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