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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1862 | |||
|Year Number=9 | |||
|Headline=First Admission Fees for Baseball? | |Headline=First Admission Fees for Baseball? | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Baseball Professionalism, Business of Baseball, Music, | |||
|Country=United States | |||
|State=NY | |||
|City=Brooklyn | |||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>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."</p> | |Text=<p>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."</p> | ||
<p>James Charlton, < | |Sources=<p>James Charlton, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Baseball Chronology</span> (Macmillan, 1991), page 15.</p> | ||
<p>Regarding the opening of the Union Grounds, see:</p> | |||
<p><em>Brooklyn Daily Eagle, </em>Feb. 12 and May 16, 1862; <em>New York Clipper, </em>Feb. 22, 1862; <em>New York Sunday Mercury </em>May 11 and May 18, 1862,</p> | |||
|Warning=<p>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'. </p> | |||
<p> Before the Union Grounds, there were no ball field enclosed for the purpose of charging admission.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Admission had occasionally also been charged for "benefit" games for charities or to honor prominent players.</p> | |||
|Submission Note="Comment" added 10/7/2014 Bob Tholkes | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
|Coordinates=40.6781784, -73.9441579 | |||
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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 |
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| 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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