Former names | Golden Gate Park Stadium (1906-36) |
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Address | 1232 John F. Kennedy Dr San Francisco, CA 94121 |
Location | Golden Gate Park |
Owner | City and County of San Francisco |
Operator | San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department |
Capacity | 57,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | January 6, 1905 |
Opened | July 4, 1906 |
Construction cost | $50,000 ($1.7 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Reid & Reid |
The Polo Fields is a large multi-purpose stadium and sporting field in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.[2] Despite its name, polo is rarely played on the Polo Fields. The facility has a multitude of uses.[3] There are six regulation soccer pitches on the grass field, surrounded by a .67-mile cycle track.[4] Wooden bleachers flank the north and south sides of the cycle track surrounding the field.[5] Surrounding the grass field, cycle track, and bleachers is a 0.75-mile (1,210 m) dirt track used for running and horse riding.[6]