Genuine “Original” Midway Stadium Box Seat - Home of the St. Paul Saints from (1957-1960).
In the 1950s, the two American Association teams in Minnesota, the St. Paul Saints and Minneapolis Millers, were playing in ballparks approaching 60 years old. Both cities were considering new ballparks for their teams and were looking beyond the immediate need to having a stadium that could be the home of a major-league team. The first Midway Stadium was the home of the St. Paul Saints from 1957–1960, after Lexington Park, the long-time home of the St. Paul Saints was decommissioned. It was built with just a small uncovered and presumably expandable grandstand. It was intended to compete with Metropolitan Stadium for attracting a major league baseball team, but the already-larger capacity of "The Met" doomed Midway Stadium. It was abandoned for professional baseball once the Twins arrived in 1961 and displaced both the Saints and the Minneapolis Millers.
Up until recently, I have never seen one these before. This is an incredible and rare seat. It was beautifully restored by Seitz and Company in St. Paul Mn. After further research, I found an article from July, 1993 in the Baltimore Sun that mentioned Seitz & Co., Mike Seitz, a local St. Paul resident purchased many of these seats back in 1981 when the ballpark was being demolished.
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