Fenway Park is the oldest Major League Baseball Stadium and has been home to the Boston Red Sox since 1912. Fenway Park still looks much as it did when it opened. The Red Sox (1907-present), then called the Somersets (1901-1902), began playing at Huntington Avenue Grounds in 1901. The home of the Boston Red Sox resounds with the echoes of great baseball players: Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Jimmy Collins, Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski. The first two games at Fenway Park were rained out, so the new ballpark opened on April 20, 1912. That was the same day as the opening of Detroit's Navin Field, later known as Tiger Stadium, and just five days after the sinking of the Titanic. The 35,000 seat ballpark was built in the Fenway section of Boston, an area known for its many fens, or marshes. The Red Sox fit 47,627 people into Fenway for a September 22, 1935 doubleheader against the New York Yankees. Fire laws in the 1940's ended that type of overcrowding and the biggest postwar crowd was 36,388 for a game against the Cleveland Indians in 1978. Named Fenway Park, built of steel and concrete, the ballpark had only one level of seating. Wooden bleachers were located in parts of left, right, and centerfield. The facade consisted of red brick. Fenway Park opened on April 20, 1912. Original dimensions at Fenway Park were 321 ft. (left), 488 ft. (center), and 314 ft. (right). An interesting feature at Fenway Park was Duffy's Cliff, a 10 foot embankment which was in front of the left field fence until 1934. The 1920's were not the best of times at Fenway Park. First, Babe Ruth was sold to the Yankees, and then the team was sold. In 1926, the wooden bleachers along the left field foul line burned, and were not rebuilt. However, better times came to Fenway Park in the 1930's. Thomas A. Yawkey bought the Red Sox in 1933. Beginning in the fall of 1933, renovations began at Fenway Park. Duffy's Cliff was removed, wooden seats in right and center field were replaced by concrete stands and the entire grandstand was enlarged. The seating capacity increased from 27,642 to 33,817. The most significant feature added to the ballpark was the 37 foot high wall in left field. The wall was covered with advertisements, and at the base was a hand operated scoreboard. A fire in January, 1934, destroyed most of the construction, however the ballpark was ready when it reopened on April 17, 1934. Fenway Park continued to undergo changes. In 1936, a 23 foot net was placed on the wall in left field to prevent baseballs from breaking windows in nearby shops. In 1940, bullpens were constructed directly behind the right field wall. The "Green Monster" was created in 1947 when the advertisements were removed from the left field wall, and it was painted dark green. Night baseball at Fenway Park was first played in 1947. After the 1975 season, a $1.3 million video/scoreboard was erected behind the bleachers in centerfield, and the press box was enlarged, enclosed in glass, and air-conditioned. Also after the 1975 season, the tin which made up the "Green Monster" was replaced by a hard plastic surface. In the 1980's luxury boxes were added where the press box was located, thus moving the press box. Additional seating has been added along parts of the rooftop, down each baseline creating a small upper deck consisting of several rows. New teal and red seats were added as well. After the 2002 season, 250 bar style seats were added atop the Green Monster in left field, giving fans a whole new view of Fenway Park. Additionally after the 2003 season the team added additional seats atop the roof in right field. Today, Fenway Park along with Wrigley Field, are two of the last remaining classic ballparks in baseball. In recent years, there has been talk of renovating Fenway Park, or building a replacement which would be very similar to today's Fenway Park. Current ownership of the Red Sox appears to be committed to improving and renovating Fenway Park instead of building a new ballpark. Fenway's clubhouses are small and modest. The tunnels which lead to the dugouts are usually wet, and the floorboards creak. Like most of baseball's other old parks, it's cramped and even a little bit uncomfortable. Those other old parks have disappeared, but Fenway is still there. Red Sox fans continue to crowd into Fenway's cozy confines, pushing the Red Sox average attendance to over 2.5 million into the 21st century. They've come to Fenway in great numbers ever since the park opened, back in the years when the Red Sox regularly appeared in the World Series. The Red Sox won the World Series at Fenway in the park's first year and won it three more times by 1918, but it took them another eight-six years before they won it again. Some have thought the Red Sox were cursed when they sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees after the 1919 season. For them, the curse was lifted in 2004.