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Old 04-18-2021, 12:08 PM   #30
asrivkin
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Tucson's Elysian Grove and Coming Attractions

With the end of the 1916 regular season in my simulation (Boston looking for their third World Series win in a row, facing the White Sox) I'm back to preparing a few parks for 1917's Spring Training (and for fun). I've got several that are within shouting distance of completion including Recreation Park (SF), Washington Park (LA), and Red Elm Park (Memphis) among others.

For today, I'll post a bit of a niche field: Tucson's Elysian Grove.
Here's the link: Elysian Grove Google Drive Link

This park was associated with an amusement park, as seems to have been the fashion in the early 1900s. It looks like only one minor league team played there: the 1915 Tucson Old Pueblos of the Rio Grande Association. The park wasn't terribly big but it's a reasonable place for a barnstorming team to play, and since I lived in Tucson for 9 years, met my spouse there, and still have lots of friends in the area I thought I'd give it a go.

The attached images are a screenshot from Sketchup, a screenshot from OOTP, and a couple of period images that I used to help figure things out.
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