1. Fenway Park
By: Brian Martin

2. History, Background Opened April 20th, 1912. (101 years old)
Took about 1 year to construct the 27,000 (at the time) seated ballpark.
To this date, it is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium, located in Boston, Massachusetts.
Home of the Boston Red Sox.
Second lowest seating capacity in all of Major League Baseball stadiums.

3. Summary Located at 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, Massachusetts.
Total cost of the stadium is around $15.7 million.
Home to the Boston Red Sox (MLB).
Concerts, charity funds, NHL hockey games, as well as small football games are often held at Fenway Park.
Known as “Americas Most Beloved Ballpark.”

4. Facility Features, Square Footage
Dimensions include 315ft to the left field foul pole, 379ft to the left-center gap, 389ft to the center field fence, 420ft to the ‘deep’ right-center (triangle) gap, 380ft to the right-center gap, and 302ft to the right field foul pole.
Area of fair territory is around 99,000 square feet.
Total square footage is around 365,000.

6. Outdoor/Indoor Special Facilities
37 foot wall in left field known as “The Green Monster.” Seats were added to the top of the wall during the offseason.
The wall is named after the mascot, Wally the Green Monster.
The wall also acts as a manual scoreboard based on Red Sox tradition.
Updated luxury skybox seating, as well as updated concessions as of 2011.
Stretch of 24 bars wrapped around the outside of the stadium.
Updated locker room and indoor clubhouse batting cages as of 2011.

7. Interesting Facts
Right field foul pole is known as the Pesky Pole, named after former Red Sox standout John Pesky.
Total of 8 world series championships, appeared in 12 total.
37 foot left field wall known as “The Green Monster.”
Oldest MLB stadium to this date (101 years old.)
Seat capacity is around 37,450.

8. Staff Outline, Total Employees
Owner: John W. Henry
Chairman: Thomas C. Werner
President: Larry Lucchino
Manager: John Farrell
General Manager: Ben Cherington
Total Employees: N/A
Total Available Jobs: ~230 estimated.

9. Job Specifications/Requirements
Front office positions. (Bachelors to Masters Degree)
Sport Communications specifications (Bachelors Degree)
Sport Management specifications (Bachelors Degree)
Marketing specifications (Bachelors Degree)
Grounds Crewman (Bachelors Degree for managers or head groundskeepers)
Athletic Training specifications (Bachelors Degree)
Ushers/Concessions/Ticket Sales (Proper application requirements)

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11. Justification
I chose this unique ball park simply because the Red Sox have been my favorite MLB team since I was playing tee ball at the age of 3. Also, I hope to some day be able to work for the Boston Red Sox for either a marketing position or in the front office.

12. Resources http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/al/Fenway Park.htm
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