<P> The Red Sox moved to Fenway Park from the old Huntington Avenue Grounds . In 1911, owner John I. Taylor purchased the land bordered by Brookline Avenue, Jersey Street, Van Ness Street and Lansdowne Street and developed it into a larger baseball stadium . </P> <P> Taylor claimed the name Fenway Park came from its location in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, which was partially created late in the nineteenth century by filling in marshland or "fens", to create the Back Bay Fens urban park . However, given that Taylor's family also owned the Fenway Realty Company, the promotional value of the naming at the time has been cited as well . Like many classic ballparks, Fenway Park was constructed on an asymmetrical block, with consequent asymmetry in its field dimensions . The General Contractor was the Charles Logue Building Company . </P> <P> The first game was played April 20, 1912, with mayor John F. Fitzgerald throwing out the first pitch and Boston defeating the New York Yankees, 7 - 6 in 11 innings . Newspaper coverage of the opening was overshadowed by continuing coverage of the Titanic sinking a few days earlier . </P> <P> Fenway Park has historically drawn low attendance, its lowest occurring late in the 1965 season with two games having paid attendance under 500 spectators . Its attendance has risen since the Red Sox' 1967 "Impossible Dream" season, and on September 8, 2008, with a game versus the Tampa Bay Rays, Fenway Park broke the all - time Major League record for consecutive sellouts with 456, surpassing the record previously held by Jacobs Field in Cleveland . On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, the park celebrated its 500th consecutive Red Sox sellout . According to WBZ - TV, the team joined three NBA teams which achieved 500 consecutive home sellouts . The sellout streak ended on April 11, 2013; in all the Red Sox sold out 794 regular season games and an additional 26 postseason games during this streak . </P>

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