"After then-Brooklyn Dodgers team president and owner Walter O'Malley failed to build a domed stadium in Brooklyn, he reached a deal with the city of Los Angeles and decided to ship the team over 2,700 miles across the country to a new home in Southern California. The land, located in Los Angeles' Chavez Ravine, used for Dodger Stadium had been seized from local owners and inhabitants, who were predominantly Mexican-American."
"After several inhabitants refused to comply with the city's use of eminent domain, a decade-long dispute known as the "Battle of Chavez Ravine" was launched, ending with the last remaining residents being forcibly removed from their homes by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.The seizure was initially to make way for proposed public housing, but the public housing plans were eventually abandoned and the land was designated for the Dodgers."
Dodger Stadium sits on land in Los Angeles' Chavez Ravine that was seized from predominantly Mexican-American owners and inhabitants. Walter O'Malley moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn after failing to build a domed stadium and relocated the team over 2,700 miles to Southern California. Several residents resisted eminent domain, triggering a decade-long dispute known as the Battle of Chavez Ravine that ended with forcible removals. The land was originally intended for public housing, but those plans were abandoned and the site was designated for the Dodgers. The stadium was privately financed and its design drew inspiration from Disneyland's Tomorrowland, with original plans including a monorail.
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