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EDITOR'S NOTE: Multimedia journalist Kristen Lago spoke with Mark Langill, who is the Dodgers' historian, as the team celebrates the 60th anniversary of Dodger Stadium. Click the arrow above to watch the video.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will play their lockout-delayed home opener Thursday evening against the Cincinnati Reds with new and improved amenities to Dodger Stadium and new food and drink choices.
The exterior balcony of the Stadium Club has been transformed to the Stadium Club Boxes for groups to purchase on a game-to-game basis, featuring complimentary food and alcohol for purchase.
New furniture and LED displays will be added to the Stadium Club during the first half of the season.
Both the left and right field Baseline Clubs have been refreshed with newly upholstered furniture, new food service capabilities and new LED displays coming during the first half of the season.
All single-use, accessible restrooms in fan-facing areas throughout Dodger Stadium now include all-gender designations and have been labeled with signage accordingly.
There will be new memorabilia exhibits for fans to view throughout Dodger Stadium, including newly adorned display lockers from 1962, the year the stadium opened.
The exhibit “Breaking Barriers,” on loan from the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, will be on display in the Centerfield Plaza under the Right Field Pavilion. A second Negro League exhibit on loan from Gary Cypres will be on display near the right field Stadium Club entrance, featuring bronze figures of baseball greats including Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson.
There are new murals on the left and right field sides of the stadium featuring the 60th anniversary logo of Dodger Stadium and Jackie Robinson, commemorating the 75th anniversary of his breaking baseball’s color barrier.
New food and drink offerings include:
The Caprese grinder will be served on French bread with fresh mozzarella, basil, sliced tomatoes and balsamic glaze. The Cold Cuts grinder will be comprised of a French roll, mortadella, salami, capicola, provolone, sliced tomatoes, shredded lettuce and hot giardiniera.
The roast beef dip sandwich will be served on a French roll and have shaved roast beef, provolone cheese and grilled onions.
Jaime Jarrin, who is beginning his 64th and final season as a Dodger broadcaster, will throw the ceremonial first pitch. Players representing each decade of Dodger Stadium’s existence will accompany Jarrin, a 2018 Ring of Honor inductee, on the mound.
Members from all six military branches will unfurl a large American flag in center field as 2020 Grammy nominee Lupita Infante sings the national anthem. There will be a flyover from two F-35 fighters as the Joint Color Guard Armed Forces presents the nation’s colors.
The parking lot and stadium gates open at 4:10 p.m, with pregame ceremonies set to start at 6:30 p.m. The Dodger Stadium Express from Union Station will begin operating at 5:40 p.m. The first pitch is set for 7:10 p.m.
Walker Buehler (1-0) will start for the Dodgers. Fellow right-hander Luis Cessa will start for Cincinnati. He has no record in two relief appearances in 2022.
The Dodgers were initially scheduled to play their home — and season opener — March 31, against the Colorado Rockies, but could not because of Major League Baseball’s lockout of its players.
To accommodate games originally scheduled for March 31-April 7, the Dodgers will play split doubleheaders against the Arizona Diamondbacks May 17 and Sept. 20 at Dodger Stadium and the regular season has been extended by three days. The May 17 doubleheader will be the first at Dodger Stadium since July 22, 1999.