Dodger Stadium: The House That Eviction Built

Dodger Stadium: The House That Eviction Built

Here’s a story they never tell you during the seventh inning stretch.

In the 1950s, Los Angeles promised public housing to help low-income families. They picked a site called Chavez Ravine—a tight-knit, mostly Mexican-American neighborhood.

But then, the “socialism” panic hit. Politicians folded under pressure and scrapped the housing project.

But the land? Oh, the city still wanted that land.

That’s when the real betrayal began. They turned Chavez Ravine into a target—not for housing—but for profit. Specifically, for a new stadium to lure in the Dodgers.

What followed was horrifying:

Armed police dragging families out at gunpoint.

Bulldozers tearing down homes.

Entire families left homeless for the sake of a baseball field.

Today, Dodger Stadium is hailed as an icon. But it literally paved over a community.

Generations later, the story of Chavez Ravine is still left out of the glossy brochures and stadium tours. But every time that field fills with cheers, it’s built on stolen land and broken promises.

Progress for some. Dispossession for others.