Ballparks that no longer stand - Which have you been too?

[Shoeless Moe]

I was talking to a NET54-er and he has been to an amazing list of ballparks in general and it got me thinking about parks I have been to that no longer exist, just curious if we have any old timers here who have been to others.

I saw games at:

-County Stadium Milwaukee
-Three Rivers in Pitt
-Riverfront - Cincy - saw Bench, Foster and Perez all hit home runs and I want to say they went back to back to back - was a die hard Big Red Machine fan so that was awesome.
-Old Comiskey Park - White Sox, saw many games there - miss the trofts : )

[icollectDCsports]

Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
Tiger Stadium.
Yankee Stadium.

[baseball tourist]

Exhibition Stadium in Toronto
Yankee Stadium
Tiger Stadium
Kingdome

[Econteachert205]

Tiger stadium:loved it
Yankee stadium: meh
Milwaukee : loved it

Forgot Shea. Yeah.

[jerseygary]

1. My beloved Shea Stadium
2. Enemy territory Yankee Stadium
3. Memorial Stadium Baltimore
4. Veterans Stadium Philadelphia
5. Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati

[7nohitter]

Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego

[rats60]

Some others
Arlington Stadium
Astrodome (although I don't think it has been torn down yet)
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Old Busch Stadium

[bnorth]

Metrodome in Minneapolis. I really miss that place. It was the closest place for me to watch a game, a short 600 mile round trip. I could buy tickets to any game and I knew it was going to get played and it would the 70 degrees and beautiful.

[Gary Dunaier]

it got me thinking about parks I have been to that no longer exist, just curious if we have any old timers here who have been to others.

With so many new ballparks that have opened in recent years, and with at least one more to open in the near future (Atlanta in 2017), you don't have to be an "old timer" to have attended a game in a park that no longer stands.

[btcarfagno]

Three Rivers
Veterans
Yankee
Shea

Tom C

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Arlington
Busch
Astrodome
Ray Winder Field-Little Rock
Tim McCarver- Memphis

[rats60]

With so many new ballparks that have opened in recent years, and with at least one more to open in the near future (Atlanta in 2017), you don't have to be an "old timer" to have attended a game in a park that no longer stands.

What if you have been to more parks that have been torn down than parks that are still in use?

[MK]

Comiskey Park
Tiger Stadium
Sportsman Park
Busch Memorial Stadium
Crosley Field
Riverfront Stadium
Astrodome

[Scott Garner]

Candlestick Park
Anaheim Stadium (before all of the remodels)
Jack Murphy Stadium (The Murph)
The Kingdome
The Astrodome (Went to last game and many others)
Jarry Park
The Ballpark at Arlington (Went to last game and many others)
Milwaukee County Stadium
Bush Stadium I
Bush Memorial Stadium
Tiger Stadium (Went to last game as well as many others)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Fulton County Stadium (Went to last game and others)
Joe Robbie Stadium
RFK Stadium
Lucas County Stadium (Former home of the Toledo Mud Hens)

Also:
Chicago Stadium (Bulls and Blackhawks)
Boston Garden

[mcgwirecom]

I was at the final game for these stadiums...

Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta)
Tiger Stadium (Detroit)
Yankee Stadium (New York)

was also at these stadiums before they closed

County Stadium (Milwaukee)
Riverfromt Stadium (Cincinnati)
Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland)
Shea Stadium (New York)
Busch Stadium II (St Louis)

[RichardSimon]

Polo Grounds
Shea Stadium - was in attendance at last game
Yankee Stadium
Arlington

[mrmopar]

Just Kingdome and Jack Murphy for me.

[Runscott]

Old Comiskey
Cleveland Municipal
Astrodome
Arlington
Riverfront
Candlestick
Shea
Fulton County
Veterans
Mile High

[Shoeless Moe]

Polo Grounds
Shea Stadium - was in attendance at last game
Yankee Stadium
Arlington

Polo Grounds??? What are you 106 years old?

[Shoeless Moe]

Polo Grounds
Shea Stadium - was in attendance at last game
Yankee Stadium
Arlington

Polo Grounds??? What are you 106 years old? : )

[doug.goodman]

I'm too lazy to figure out which ones no longer stand, but MLB doesn't play there anymore :

Cashman Field
Astrodome
Fulton County Stadium
County Stadium
Busch Stadium
Olympic Stadium
RFK
Candlestick Park
Cleveland Stadium
Joe Robie Pro Player Stad.
Kingdome
Shea Stadium Old
Jack Murphy Stad
Three Rivers Stad
Arlington Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Mile High Stadium
Tiger Stadium
Metrodome
Comiskey Park Old
Yankee Stadium Old

[rats60]

Polo Grounds??? What are you 106 years old?

The Mets played there in 1962 and 1963.

[whiteymet]

Yankee Sadium

Shea

Connie Mack Stadium

Vet Stadium

Baltimore Memorial

Forbes Field

Three Rivers

Old Comisky

Tiger Stadium

Cleveland Municpal

Busch

AND PLAYED in Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City NJ where the Dodgers played some big league games in the 50's. Don't know if it counts that I played there in college and did not see a game in person.

Fred

[John V]

Forbes Field & Three Rivers

[CamaroCPA]

Candlestick
Metrodome
Milwaukee County

I also will throw in:
Mile High (though I didn't see the Rockies play there - just the Broncos a couple times)
and the old Boston Garden (because I also got to walk out on the parquet.)
Oh yeah, McNichols Arena in Denver to see the Avs play.

[Cmount76]

Shea Stadium - My beloved Mets
Yankee Stadium - My arch nemesis
Joe Robbie/Pro-Player - Who cares about the Marlins!?!?!?

[ejharrington]

Three Rivers
Shea
Metrodome

Good riddance to those three!

Yankee Stadium

[johnmh71]

With so many new ballparks that have opened in recent years, and with at least one more to open in the near future (Atlanta in 2017), you don't have to be an "old timer" to have attended a game in a park that no longer stands.

Wait....didn't they just build one in Atlanta 20 years ago? A perfect example of why having the Olympics in your city is such a disaster.

[ooo-ribay]

Metrodome in Minneapolis. I really miss that place. It was the closest place for me to watch a game, a short 600 mile round trip. I could buy tickets to any game and I knew it was going to get played and it would the 70 degrees and beautiful.

You're joking right? Ewww, what a dump. :p

Besides the Metrodome,
Crosley
Cleveland Municipal
Candlestick
Riverfront
Shea
and wasn't Jack Murphy just renamed? :confused:

[pclpads]

Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego

The stadium still stands, still in use, only re-named the "Q," for Qualcomm, who paid $18M for naming rights in 1998. It is now the home of the Dolts and SDSU Aztecs football teams.

[springpin]

Polo Grounds (Giants and Mets) As I remember the club house was behind CF. When a pitcher got pulled, he did not walk to the dugout but all the way to CF and out through a gate.

The Met in Minneapolis. I recall they had some sort of marker in the LF bleachers where one of Killebrew's HRs landed. Same thing in Memorial Stadium with a marker for a Frank Robinson HR.

My all-time favorite for "enter at your own risk" was Municipal Stadium in KC. I sat in the upper deck. They had wooden seats. ALL the seats in the upper deck had splinters. I remember the seat in the row directly in front of me had an up-turned splinter about eight inches in length. If you needed some rectal surgery, it would be your seat of choice.

[Joe Hunter]

Arlington
Astrodome
Municipal Stadium KC
Sportsman's Park (Old Busch)
Busch Memorial
Old Comisky
Milwaukee County

[JJ McGraw]

1. Candlestick Park.......home of my Giants.....attended there with my Grandfather from boyhood in the mid-1960's to 1994 (last game with Grandfather and my son together in 1993 on a trip out to visit him.)

2. Three Rivers Stadium......1992 National League Championship Series
Was working in Gettysburg,PA and was able to snag a ticket. Saw future Giant Barry Bonds play in person for the first time and my former high school history student Pitcher Doug Drabek. Then drove to Cooperstown the next day to spend the weekend at the Hall.

3. Astrodome.......moved to Texas in 1972.....saw many a game at the old "coldest foam in the dome".

I have a great collection of photos , programs, etc and wonderful memories of these parks.

Great thread! Mike

[karamaxjoe]

Old Comiskey
Tiger Stadium
Busch Stadium
County Stadium

[Teamgluck]

Shea Stadium
Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphins/Sun Life Stadium there (unless the A's make the World Series) will never be a full 70000 plus stadium again for the world series. I remember 2003 against the Yankees which was a scene that can never be copied again

[quinnsryche]

Old Comiskey Park
Milwaukee County Stadium
Busch Stadium

[paulcarek]

Tiger Stadium
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
Old Yankee Stadium
Candlestick Park
Veterans Stadium Philadelphia (didn't see a baseball game, just one Army vs. Navy football game)

[David Atkatz]

Polo Grounds
"Old" Yankee Stadium--1923-1973 version
Refurbished Yankee Stadium--first game, and last game
Shea Stadium--yeeech!
Metrodome

[MacDice]

Kingdome
Yankee Stadium

[whitehse]

County Stadium in Milwaukee
Riverfront in Cincy
Old Comiskey in Chicago
Old Wrigley Field in Chicago......:)

[deebro041]

Exhibition Stadium
Tiger Stadium

[Jayworld]

1. Arlington Stadium - saw a ton of games there, especially in the 1970s prior to the addition of the upper deck behind home plate. Nothing really special about it other than it was hot and you went there to watch BASEBALL, not be entertained with loud music between innings and for batter walk-ups, dot races, etc.
2. Jack Murphy Stadium - still there, but fully enclosed. I got to see games in it when the right field area was open, and the ambience was better for baseball. I thought it one of the nicer post-1965 "donut" or semi-donut stadiums
3. Astrodome - saw a lot of SWC Houston football in there, but only two baseball games, and both were very weird indoors, from the crack of the bat to the lighting, etc. Not my favorite place by any means.
4. LaGrave Field/Ft. Worth - former home of the now defunct Ft. Worth Cats minor league team. Really nice baseball ambience and historical site as well, built on the same footprint as the old LaGrave field, complete with the same dugouts (now field level suites), etc. Shame that the team went bankrupt and the stadium may be bulldozed for the sake of "progress."

[Rocky]

I've seen baseball games at:

Forbes Field - Pittsburgh
Three Rivers - Pittsburgh, 1972 All Star Game

[WWGjohn]

Municipal Stadium - Cleveland
Fulton County Stasium
Old Comisky Park
Sportsmans Park
Old Busch Stadium
Astrodome
Candlestick Park

John

[BradH]

I have seen games in 47 parks so far - 27 of the 30 current parks (all but Minnesota, Oakland and Tampa) and these 20 older parks listed below. I basically grew up in Old Comiskey and always loved Tiger Stadium too. My favorite current ballparks are Fenway, Philly, San Francisco and Colorado.

Comiskey Park – Chicago
Old Busch Stadium – St. Louis
Arlington Stadium – Texas
Old Yankee Stadium – NYY
County Stadium – Milwaukee
Candlestick Park – San Fran
Jack Murphy Stadium – San Diego
Astrodome – Houston
Fulton County Stadium – Atlanta
Pro Player Stadium – Miami
Shea Stadium – NYM
Olympic Stadium – Montreal
Metrodome – Minnesota
Tiger Stadium – Detroit
Veterans Stadium – Philly
Three Rivers Stadium – Pitt
Riverfront Stadium – Cincy
RFK Stadium – Washington
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Hiram Bithorn Stadium – San Juan, Puerto Rico

[bdk1976]

Kingdome listed several times so far (me too) but no Sicks Stadium yet? Or are you all too young for that one?

[RTK]

County Stadium - Milwaukee
Comiskey
Cleveland

[AustinMike]

Comiskey Park – Chicago
Arlington Stadium – Texas
Astrodome – Houston
Fulton County Stadium – Atlanta
Tiger Stadium – Detroit
Kingdom - Seattle
Memorial Stadium - Baltimore

I just checked and the first stadium I ever went to, Oakland Coliseum in 1968, is still around ... surprisingly.

I've only been to 2 major league games since 1994 (yeah, I'm still boycotting because of the strike - I'll have them on their knees soon :rolleyes:) and they were both in Houston. Tickets were given to me.

[jcmtiger]

Briggs Stadium, later know as Tiger Stadium

Fulton Stadium in Atlanta

Joe

[Misha]

Korakuen- home of the Yomiyuri Giants in Tokyo
Candlestick

I wish I could put the Oakland Coliseum on the list haha

[bn2cardz]

I kept skimming past this thread thinking I didn't have any. Of course when I thought about it for a split second I realized I was wrong.

Yankee Stadium 1 - Visited at the end of 2008 Season as a gift from my father
Jack Murphy Stadium - Born in SanDiego, my parents said my first games were the Padres, but I don't recall them at all.
Busch Memorial Stadium - Live in the St. Louis Area so I was a regular visitor

[GoldenAge50s]

Am I the only one that can put Ebbets Field on the list?

Saw my 1st ML game there in 1953, Dodgers against Phillies & Robin Roberts on the mound. Still have my ticket stub!

Here's Ebbets Field today.

[almostdone]

Am I the only one that can put Ebbets Field on the list?

Saw my 1st ML game there in 1953, Dodgers against Phillies & Robin Roberts on the mound. Still have my ticket stub!

Here's Ebbets Field today.

Very cool Fred. I was scanning the lists looking for Ebetts field.

For me
Yankee stadium
Shae stadium
Busch stadium
Atlanta -Fulton County

Drew

[Nashvol]

Nashville's Sulphur Dell
Knoxville's Bill Meyer Stadium
Memphis' Blues/Tim McCarver Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Veterans Stadium
Memorial Stadium
Columbus' Cooper Stadium
Astrodome
Atlanta-Fulton County
Sportsmans Park
Busch Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Charleston's Watt Powell Park
LaGrave Field

[vansaad]

Fulton County
Riverfront
Astrodome
Yankee Stadium

And an awesome venue that still stands but seldomly used for professional baseball - Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Former home of the minor league Barons. Built in 1910. Oldest surviving professional ballpark.

[Nashvol]

And an awesome venue that still stands but seldomly used for professional baseball - Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Former home of the minor league Barons. Built in 1910. Oldest surviving professional ballpark.

Well said. Great ballpark.

[Shoeless Moe]

Fulton County
Riverfront
Astrodome
Yankee Stadium

And an awesome venue that still stands but seldomly used for professional baseball - Rickwood Field in Birmingham. Former home of the minor league Barons. Built in 1910. Oldest surviving professional ballpark.


I had no idea, just Googled it, that looks great, not sure if I'll ever be back in Alabama, but would love to visit that place, that outside facade looks awesome!!

And the names of the players who played there, no park still standing can boast these names:

Cobb, Ruth, Josh Gibson, Williams, Mays, Musial, Jackie Robinson....INCREDIBLE!!! Thanks for posting that.



completely unrelated, but fits.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab7eVVG3I8s

like Samuel Jackson says, "I'm going"

[mets41]

Shea Stadium, original yankee stadium, connie mack stadium, veterans stadium, Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

[steve B]

More than I'd thought.

Shea
Old Comiskey
Atlanta fulton county - But for Olympic baseball
Veterans - But for Army-Navy. Got to go on the field briefly after the game.

Soon the new Atlanta stadium, but it can only count as half since I was there for Olympic track and field and was in the half they kept to make it a baseball stadium.

Oddly all the minor league parks I've been to are still there, at least for now.
Wahconah park in Pittsfield Last wooden grandstand around, built in 1919
Municipal stadium in Waterbury - now reconfigured but still used for baseball just not minor league.
Lelacheur park Lowell - Newish and really a pretty park.
McCoy stadium in Pawtuckett
Holman stadium in Nashua.


Steve B

[Nashvol]

The Birmingham Barons play one Turn Back the Clock game there each season. This year's game is scheduled for Wednesday, May 27 and will feature Darryl Strawberry as guest. I recommend adding it to one's travel schedule...

[Nashvol]

I'm probably off topic with these posts, so I'll stop after this one. When one visits the Rickwood Classic full access to the inside of the scoreboard is included. The entire ballpark is a step back in time...

[Scott Garner]

I'm probably off topic with these posts, so I'll stop after this one. When one visits the Rickwood Classic full access to the inside of the scoreboard is included. The entire ballpark is a step back in time...

Awesome!!

[Mark]

Awesome!!

Agreed about that Nashville park: it looks extremely awesome.

I saw tons of games at Forbes, Comiskey, and 3 Rivers, and I saw a couple at Exhibition Park (Toronto), Yankee Stadium and Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Of all the ones I seen, standing or not, I have the fondest memories of my first one, Forbes Field.

[stlcardsfan]

Busch Stadium II
Yankee Stadium
Comiskey Park
County Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Fulton County Stadium

Dang, I must be getting old!

[Frank A]

Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Yankee Stadium

[dclarkraiders]

Tiger Stadium
Milwaukee County Stadium
The Vet
Memorial Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium

[sago]

Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Veterans Stadium
Jarry Park

[MartyFromCANADA]

Exhibition Stadium - Toronto Blue Jays

[RTK]

Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Yankee Stadium

Jealous, I wish I had a first hand sense of what those three parks and baseball was like in NY. I'm currently reading this book

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/bf/1d/0c/bf1d0cd1dae35058160e3a8bdba41824.jpg

It's very good and not sympathetic to Robert Moses. It's almost made out that he was indifferent to the Dodgers and Giants possibly moving. If they stayed it was going to be on his terms.

[GDoggy]

Comiskey Park
Riverfront Stadium
Yankee Stadium