Dodger Land.
Over the years, there has been a lot of misunderstanding about the terms of the contract between the city of Los Angeles - For the city, see Los Angeles, California.
The City of Los Angeles was a streamlined passenger train jointly operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad. and the Dodgers that enabled Dodger Stadium • • [ to be built. The Oct. 10 story, "Debatable Point--Are Incentive Plans Fair and Effective," notes that "the city of Los Angeles gave land in Chavez Ravine to Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley Walter Francis O'Malley (October 9, 1903 – August 9, 1979) was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. , a gift that lowered the cost of building a stadium significantly." Not so. The Dodgers purchased the land.
By the terms of the 1957 contract, O'Malley had to build and privately finance a 50,000-seat stadium; pay $345,000 in property taxes in 1962, putting the land on the tax roils for the first time in years; develop a youth recreation center on the land at $500,000, plus annual payments of $60,000 for 20 years; and transfer Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see .
• • [ , then valued at $2.2 million, to the city.
Brent Shyer
Executive Producer
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