Civic Stadium was an "accidental baseball park" that was retrofitted into the section
of town originally known as "Denny's Pasture" south of Queen Anne Hill between
Harrison Street and 3rd and 5th Avenues *(SABR Gord Brown). The above photo
shows the area when it was still simply a pasture and before it became home to
the Seattle Arena and Civic Stadium. Though the stadium was meant to probably
host some level of baseball activity, it certainly was not meant to be the home
to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (or any sort of Minor League system for
that matter). In fact, it was probably meant more for shows, boxing, some football
and perhaps racing... whether on foot or by horse or drag car... than for baseball. |