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===Location=== [[File:Dodger Stadium view of downtown 2015-10-04.jpg|thumb|left|View of downtown and the Palos Verdes Peninsula]] [[File:Dodger Stadium and DTLA.jpg|thumb|Dodger Stadium and [[Downtown Los Angeles]]]] [[Image:ThinkBlue.jpg|right|thumb|The former Think Blue sign in the mountains north of Dodger Stadium, was an homage to the nearby [[Hollywood Sign]].]] Built on top of the historic Los Angeles neighborhood of [[Chavez Ravine]] in [[Solano Canyon]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Masters|first1=Nathan|title=Chavez Ravine: Community to Controversial Real Estate|url=https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/chavez-ravine-community-to-controversial-real-estate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803015001/https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/chavez-ravine-community-to-controversial-real-estate|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2017|website=KCET|publisher=KCETLink Media Group|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> the stadium overlooks [[downtown Los Angeles]] and provides views of the city to the south, the green tree-lined hills of [[Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California|Elysian Park]] to the north and east, and the [[San Gabriel Mountains]] beyond the outfield pavilions. Due to dry summers in Southern California, rainouts at Dodger Stadium are rare. Prior to 1976, the Dodgers were rained out only once, against the [[1967 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]], on April 21, 1967, ending a streak of 737 consecutive games without a postponement. On April 12, 1976, the second home rainout ended a streak of 724 straight games. April 19β21, 1988 saw three consecutive rainouts, the only time consecutive games have been rained out at Dodger Stadium.<ref name="baseball-statistics1"/> No rainouts occurred between April 21, 1988, and April 11, 1999 β a major league record of 856 straight home games without a rainout.<ref name="baseball-statistics1">{{cite web|title=Dodger Stadium|url=http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Ballparks/LA/|work=Baseball Statistics|access-date=August 14, 2013|archive-date=August 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824094132/http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Ballparks/LA/|url-status=dead}}</ref> That record has since been broken, with no rainouts since April 17, 2000, 1,471 consecutive games through October 3, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dodger Stadium rainouts are very rare|date=7 April 2015|url=http://www.truebluela.com/2015/4/7/8363333/dodger-stadium-rainout-history|access-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref>
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