Business View Magazine | February 2018

138 139 C heney Stadium is a minor league baseball stadium located in Tacoma,Washington, a city of approximately 211,000, on the banks of Puget Sound, some 32 miles southwest of Seattle.The development of Cheney Stadium as the home of Pacific Coast League baseball in Tacoma began in 1957 as a shared idea by area businessmen Ben Cheney and Clay Huntington. Following a three-year effort by these men, the San Francisco Giants agreed, in the fall of 1959, to relocate their Triple-A club from Phoenix to Tacoma, hinged on the city’s ability to construct a new stadium in time for the beginning of the 1960 season. Tacoma’s city council quickly approved the deal, and the project took just over three months to complete, thus earning the stadium the mon- iker: the “100-DayWonder.”The speed at which the venue was built CHENEY STADIUM Cheney Stadium THE PRIDE OF TACOMA AT A GLANCE CHENEY STADIUM WHAT: A Minor League Baseball stadium WHERE: Tacoma, Washington WEBSITE: www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t529