Comiskey Park Homeplate

From 1910 to 1990, Comiskey Park was the legendary home of the Chicago White Sox on Chicago's South Side. The stadium was built on the site of a former landfill that then-franchise owner Charles Comiskey had acquired to replace the old South Side Park. As one of the first baseball stadiums built of reinforced concrete, it set a Major League Baseball capacity record at the time with 28,000 seats and quickly became known as the Baseball Palace of the World. For decades, the ballpark served as the stage for historic moments, including four World Series and the league's first All-Star Game in 1933. The park also became famous for the Black Sox scandal of 1919 and the chaotic Disco Demolition Night in 1979, when fans tore up the field.

Besides baseball, Comiskey Park was an important venue for other sports. The Chicago Cardinals played their American football games here, including the 1947 NFL Championship Game. In 1937, a major heavyweight boxing match between Joe Louis and Jim Braddock also took place here. In the 1960s and 1980s, the stadium also served as home to soccer teams such as the Chicago Mustangs and the Chicago Sting, who even celebrated championships there.

After owner Jerry Reinsdorf pushed through a new stadium in the 1980s, the Comiskey Park era ended after the 1990 season. The building was demolished, and the site is now used as a parking lot. The White Sox have played in the new ballpark directly south of the old stadium since 1991; it now carries the sponsor name Guaranteed Rate Field.