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

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

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

[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

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

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

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

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

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

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

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

[Frank A]

Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Yankee Stadium

[dclarkraiders]

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

[RTK]

Originally Posted by Frank A

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



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.

[mrmopar]

Just Kingdome and Jack Murphy for me.

[Runscott]

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

[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)

[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

[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 ) 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

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

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?

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

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.