Ebbets Field Swansong January 15, 1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers
extend their five-year lease on Ebbets Field by signing a new
three-year lease with real estate developer Marvin Kratter, who
bought the field in 1953. But the lease didn’t keep the Dodgers
in town. After acquiring the territorial rights to the Southern
California area from Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley, who also
owned the Pacific Coast League’s Los Angeles Angels and its
Wrigley Field ballpark, the Brooklyn franchise relocated to the
West Coast after the 1957 season. Instead of playing at the
22,000-seat Wrigley Field, the Dodgers moved into a larger
temporary home – the Los Angeles Coliseum.