Editing Fenway Park (section)

===Changes to Fenway Park===
[[File:Fenway Grandstands.jpg|thumb|right |The old wooden seats of Fenway's Grandstand section]]

Some of the changes include:<ref>{{cite web|title=Fenway Park|url=http://www.ballparktour.com/Fenway.html|work=BallparkTour|access-date=June 3, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181806/http://www.ballparktour.com/Fenway.html|archive-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref>
* In 1926, a fire burned down Fenway Park's left field bleachers,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slade |first=Jim |date=2018-09-08 |title=The Fires that changed Fenway Park |url=https://ballparkmuseum.com/the-fires-that-changed-fenway-park/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=National Ballpark Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> which were left in their empty & burned state until 1933.
* In 1933, a significant reconstruction of Fenway Park began after [[Tom Yawkey]] purchased the Red Sox and Fenway Park.
** Duffy's Cliff was leveled and no longer existed, with work started on what eventually became known as the [[Green Monster]].
** Two wooden bleacher sections were reconstructed.
** Multiple areas of the park were renovated or were new additions, including concessions, employee rooms, the press box, and the entrance to the team offices on Jersey Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline: 1930-1939 {{!}} Fenway Park Living Museum {{!}} Boston Red Sox |url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/museum/timeline/1930-1939 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
* By Opening Day 1934, the newly renovated Fenway Park had assumed the basic appearance, color (Dartmouth Green), and layout that exists to present day:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline: 1930-1939 {{!}} Fenway Park Living Museum {{!}} Boston Red Sox |url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/museum/timeline/1930-1939 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
** A large fire caused significant damage to new seating areas in left field and center field bleachers. These areas were reconstructed before opening day 1934.
** 7,000 new seats were added
** The Green Monster was completed at 37-feet high, replacing the 10 foot tall Duffy's Cliff and the original 25 foot wall.
** A hand-operated scoreboard was added, with (what was then considered cutting-edge technology) lights to indicate balls and strikes.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Makes Fenway ''Fenway''?|first=Kristen D.|last=Cornette|url=http://www.redsoxdiehard.com/fenway/unique.html|publisher=RedSoxDiehard|year=2008|access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> The scoreboard is still updated by hand today from behind the wall. The National League scores were removed in 1976, but restored in 2003 and still require manual updates from on the field.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scoreboard Operator: This Is My Job|first=Erin|last=Scottberg|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4277444.html|work=Popular Mechanics|date=October 1, 2009|access-date=October 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604215519/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4277444.html|archive-date=June 4, 2009}}</ref>
** Home run and foul distances were significantly altered:
*** From 320 feet to 312 in left
*** 468 feet to 420 in center
*** 358 feet to 334 in right
*** distance to the backstop was shortened from 68 feet to 60 feet
* In 1946, the first upper deck seats were installed.<ref name="facts1-51">{{cite web|title=100 Fenway Park Facts: 1-51|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/04/19/100-fenway-park-facts-1-51/|website=CBS Boston|publisher=[[WBZ-TV]]|date=April 19, 2012|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>
* In 1947, [[Arc lamp|arc lights]] were installed at Fenway Park.<ref name="facts1-51" /> The Boston Red Sox were the third-to-last team out of 16 major league teams to have lights in their home park.
* In 1976, metric distances were added to the conventionally stated distances because it was thought at the time that the [[Metrication in the United States|United States would adopt the metric system]]. As of 2022, only Miami's [[LoanDepot Park]] and  Toronto's [[Rogers Centre]] list metric distances. Fenway Park retained the metric measurements until mid-season 2002, when they were painted over.<ref name=salute>{{cite book|last1=Powers|first1=John|last2=Driscoll|first2=Ron|title=Fenway Park: A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-running Major League Ballpark in America|date=2012|publisher=[[Running Press]]|isbn=9780762442041|page=[https://archive.org/details/fenwayparksalute0000powe/page/139 139]|url=https://archive.org/details/fenwayparksalute0000powe|url-access=registration|quote=fenway metric 1976.}}</ref> Also, Fenway's first electronic message board was added over the center field bleachers.
* In 1988, a glass-protected seating area behind home plate named ''The 600 Club'' was built. After [[Ted Williams]]' death in 2002, it was renamed the ''.406 Club'' in honor of his 1941 season in which he produced a .406 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]]. The section was renamed again in 2006 to the ''EMC Club''.<ref name="facts1-51"/>
* In 1993 the public restrooms were renovated and the original trough urinals were removed from the men's rooms. 
* In 1999 the auxiliary press boxes were added on top of the roof boxes along the first and third base sides of the field.<ref>{{cite web|title=1999|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1999|publisher=Boston Red Sox|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203150012/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1999|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2000, a new video display from [[Daktronics]], measuring {{convert |23 |ft |m}} high by {{convert |30 |ft |m}} wide, was added in center field.
* Before the 2003 season, seats were added to the [[Green Monster]].<ref name=monseats>{{cite news|title=Fenway Park Adds Green Monster Seats, Red Sox' Revamped Offense Leads Boston to ALCS in 2003|url=http://nesn.com/2011/08/fenway-park-adds-green-monster-seats-red-sox-revamped-offense-leads-boston-to-alcs-in-2003/|work=[[New England Sports Network]]|date=August 27, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>
* Before the 2004 season, seats were added to the right field roof, above the grandstand, called the [[Budweiser]] Right Field Roof. In December 2017 [[Boston Beer Company|Samuel Adams]] renamed the deck the "Sam Deck."<ref>{{cite web|title=2004|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2004|publisher=Boston Red Sox|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203153409/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Before the 2008 season, the Coke bottles, installed in 1997, were removed to return the light towers to their original state.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lamothe|first1=Dan|title=Coke overdose? Maybe, but say goodbye to those bottles|url=http://blog.masslive.com/redsoxmonster/2008/03/coke_overdose_maybe_but_say_go.html|publisher=Mass Live|date=March 3, 2008|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> The temporary luxury boxes installed for the 1999 All-Star Game were removed and permanent ones were added to the State Street Pavilion level. Seats were also added down the left field line called the [[Coca-Cola]] Party-Deck.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2008|publisher=Boston Red Sox|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203145741/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Before the 2011 season, three new scoreboards beyond right-center field were installed: a {{convert|38|x|100|foot|abbr=on}} scoreboard in right-center field, a {{convert|17|x|100|foot|abbr=on}} video screen in center field, a {{convert|16|x|30|foot|abbr=on}} video board in right field,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Field of Dreams: Ballparks Unveil Tech Upgrades|first=Kyle|last=Stack|magazine=Wired|date=March 31, 2011|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/03/gallery-baseball-stadium-tech-upgrades}}</ref> along with a new video control room. The Gate D concourse has undergone a complete remodel with new concession stands and improved pedestrian flow. The wooden grandstand seats were all removed to allow the completion of the waterproofing of the seating bowl and completely refurbished upon re-installation.