Chase Field

Chase Field, also known as The BOB (after its original name, Bank One Ballpark), is a stadium located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is across the street from the America West Arena, used by the Phoenix Suns.

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Phoenix, Arizona - America West Arena - Phoenix Suns

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Chase Field's main concern is with baseball, being home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. The park began to be constructed in 1996, and was finished just before the Diamondbacks' first season began, in 1998. It has a retractable roof, one of only a few stadiums in the United States to have one (others are in Houston, Texas, Seattle, Washington and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with another under construction in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale). It also has a swimming pool, which is rented to patrons.

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Baseball - Major League Baseball - Arizona Diamondbacks - 1996 - 1998 - United States - Houston, Texas - Seattle, Washington - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Glendale

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It hosted Games 1,2,6, & 7 of the 2001 World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees. The Diamondbacks won the world championship that year in dramatic fashion. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning of game seven, D-Backs outfielder Luis Gonzalez sent a bloop single over the head of Yankee's shortstop Derek Jeter to score the game winning run from third base. The Diamondbacks overcame Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, arguably one of the greatest post-season closers of all time, to claim the state of Arizona's first major league professional championship.

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World Series - New York Yankees - Luis Gonzalez - Derek Jeter - Mariano Rivera

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Chase Field was originally named Bank One Ballpark after Bank One of Chicago, Illinois. After Bank One merged with New York City-based Chase, the name change was announced on September 23, 2005. It is also host to many concerts and other sports events each year. One of the events it has held annually is the Insight Bowl, a college football bowl game. The bowl game will be moved however to Sun Devil Stadium in 2006, to replace the Fiesta Bowl, which will be moving to Cardinals Stadium in Glendale, Arizona the same year.

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Bank One - Chicago, Illinois - Chase - September 23 - 2005 - Insight Bowl - College football - Sun Devil Stadium - Fiesta Bowl - Cardinals Stadium - Glendale, Arizona

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