Citizens Bank Park is a 43,647-seat baseball park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Citizens Bank Park opened on April 3, 2004 and hosted its first major league baseball game on April 12 of the same year, with the Phillies losing to the Cincinnati Reds, 4–1. The ballpark was built to replace the now-demolished Veterans Stadium.
Notable Events
June 14, 2004, former Phillies first baseman Jim Thome hit his 400th career home run.
September 14, 2005, Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves hit his 300th career home run
July 15, 2007, The Phillies lost their 10,000th regular-season game in their history
losing to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10–2. They became the first MLB team to reach this mark.
October 25, 2008, The stadium hosted its first World Series game with the Phillies defeating the Tampa Bay Rays, 5–4 in Game 3.
