Progressive Field

Progressive Field

The Jake
Progressive Field in 2024
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Former names	Jacobs Field (1994–2007)
Address	2401 Ontario Street
Location	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Coordinates	41°29′45″N 81°41′7″W
Owner	Cuyahoga County
Operator	Gateway Economic Development Corporation
Capacity	34,820
Executive suites	115
Surface	Kentucky Bluegrass
Scoreboard	Daktronics 59 feet (18 m) high by 221 feet (67 m) wide
Record attendance	45,274 (October 4, 1997; Division Series Game 5)
Field size	Left field – 325 feet (99 m) Left-center – 370 feet (113 m) Center field – 400 feet (122 m) Deep center field – 410 feet (125 m) Right-center – 375 feet (114 m) Right field – 325 feet (99 m) Backstop – 60 feet (18 m) Fence height Left field – 19 feet (6 m) Center and right fields – 9 feet (3 m)
Acreage	12-acre (4.9 ha)
Public transit	Tower City
Construction
Groundbreaking	January 13, 1992
Opened	April 2, 1994
Renovated	October 2014–April 2016 October 2023–April 2025
Cost	$175 million ($380 million in 2025 dollars)
Architects	HOK Sport Whitley & Whitley Architects Triad Design
Structural engineer	Osborn Engineering
Services engineer	Polytech Engineering
General contractor	Huber, Hunt & Nichols
Tenant
Cleveland Guardians (MLB) 1994–present
Website
mlb.com/guardians/ballpark

Progressive Field is a baseball stadium in the downtown area of Cleveland, Ohio. It is the ballpark of the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball and, together with Rocket Arena, is part of the Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex. It was ranked as MLB's best ballpark in a 2008 Sports Illustrated fan opinion poll.

The ballpark opened as Jacobs Field in 1994 to replace Cleveland Stadium, which the Guardians, then known as the Indians, had shared with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. Since 2008, the facility has been named for Progressive Corporation, which purchased naming rights for $58 million over 16 years. The previous name came from team owners Richard E. and David H. Jacobs, who had acquired naming rights when the facility opened. The ballpark is still often referred to as "The Jake" based on its original name. The ballpark and arena are funded mainly by the passage of a sin tax in 1990 and both are owned by the Gateway Economic Development Corporation of Greater Cleveland, which is an appointed board of elected officials from the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.

When it opened, the listed seating capacity was 42,865 people and between 1995 and 2001 the team sold out 455 consecutive regular-season games. Modifications over the years resulted in several moderate changes to the capacity, peaking at 45,569 in 2010. As of 2025, the official seating capacity is listed at 34,820 people, making it the smallest MLB stadium by total maximum capacity, though additional fans can be accommodated through standing room areas and temporary seating.

Since moving to Progressive Field, the Guardians have won 12 Central Division titles, three American League pennants and have hosted playoff games in 13 different seasons. In the 1997 season, it became one of the few facilities in baseball history to host the MLB All-Star Game and games of the World Series in the same season. The stadium has hosted games of the World Series three times: in 1995, 1997, and 2016.