1994 Event Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1994 Event Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1994 Event Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94" 1992 Event 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1992 Event Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured 1992 Event 1st concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1992 Event Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins 1992 Event Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished 1991 Event Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleveland Indians 1990 Event Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1990 Event Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway 1968 Event Gateway Arch in St. Louis dedicated 1965 Event 630 foot high Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis 1965 Event Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue 1955 Birthday Brad Fabel, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Gateway Classic 1948 Event Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel 1919 Birthday Frederik Pohl, U.S., sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl