- Address: 19 Tony Gwynn Drive, San Diego, Calif. 92101
- Team: San Diego Padres
- Type: Open-air
- Surface: Grass
- Architects: HOK Sport, Antoine Predock (design), Spurlock Poirier (landscape) and ROMA (urban planning).
- Owned by: City of San Diego (70 percent); San Diego Padres (30 percent)
- Opened in: 2004
- Cost: $456.8 million
- Capacity: 46,000
- Outfield dimensions: 334 feet down left-field line, 367 left-center, 396 center, 411 to deep right-center, 387 right-center, 322 right-field line
- Distringuishing characteristic: The Western Metal Supply Co. building, a hundred-year old edifice that had been scheduled for demolition, was saved and incorporated into the design of the ballpark down the left-field line.
The first pitch is thrown during the opening-day game at Petco Park on March 31, 2008 between the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros in San Diego.
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