A proposed “Milk Bar” on the Top Deck or adjacent to the outfield Pavilion was considered. Fans would have been able to enjoy an ice cream parlor and milk products and some “grab and go” food.
Original Designs For Dodger Stadium
In 1959-1961, Dodger President Walter O’Malley worked hand in glove with Captain Emil Praeger of the architecture-engineering firm of Praeger, Kavanagh & Waterbury on every detail in the planning of Dodger Stadium.
The early meetings between O’Malley and Praeger, a former U.S. Navy lieutenant during World War I, fostered ideas, concepts and designs.
Artist’s renderings were created as those ideas were fleshed out for O’Malley to approve. Though some of the intriguing proposals were not incorporated into Dodger Stadium, most were and are a reason that it has stood the test of time more than six decades after its April 10, 1962 opening.
Following are some of those renderings:
The Stadium Club restaurant at Dodger Stadium in right field on the Club Level was available for fine dining before and during Dodger games beginning in 1962. The Stadium Club became the site of victory celebrations, press conferences, team announcements, and special events hosted by the Dodgers.
A different concept for a more casual restaurant in the right field corner of the Club Level at Dodger Stadium. The more formal Stadium Club was ultimately adopted.
Artwork of the Club Level at Dodger Stadium where limited seats would be installed into an informal box like setting, but each aisle would have their own separate entry and exit.
An idea to use tram transportation to shuttle fans from one end of the Club Level seats to the other was considered but not implemented.
Dodger Stadium and its Dugout Box seats, from dugout to dugout behind home plate, were situated below grade of the field level. Dodger President Walter O’Malley saw a similar feature at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo during the 1956 Dodgers Goodwill Tour to Japan and it made an impression on him. The dugout seats were an innovation never seen before at any major league stadium. On Dodger Stadium’s Opening Day, April 10, 1962, actor John Wayne and former L.A. Mayor Norris Poulson were among the fans in those seats.