Lost venues, 1900–1949
The era of steel-and-concrete ballparks, early arenas, board-track motor racing and grand racetrack grandstands.
218 venues
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Russwood Park was Memphis's main ballpark on Madison Avenue, home of the Southern Association Chicks. It burned down on Easter night 1960, hours after its last game.
St. Nicholas Arena
St. Nicholas Arena on West 66th Street in Manhattan opened as an ice rink in 1896 and was one of New York's main boxing clubs from 1906 until it closed in 1962. It later became an ABC television studio and was demolished in the 1980s.
Lexington Park
Lexington Park was the St. Paul Saints' home at Lexington and University avenues from 1897 to 1956. A grocery store and later other commercial buildings replaced it.
Celtic Park
Celtic Park in Sunnyside, Queens, was the home grounds of the Irish American Athletic Club from 1898 until 1930, when it was sold for an apartment complex.
Notre Dame Fieldhouse
Notre Dame Fieldhouse was the University of Notre Dame's athletic building and basketball home from 1898 to 1968. It was demolished in 1983.
Ohio Field
Ohio Field was Ohio State University's football field from 1898 to 1921, before Ohio Stadium opened. It was torn down in 1922.
Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway
The Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway was a one-mile dirt oval in Detroit, built for horse racing in 1899, that hosted AAA and USAC Indy car races and two NASCAR Grand National races. Its grandstand was condemned in 1971 and demolished in 2001.
Northrop Field
Northrop Field was the University of Minnesota's on-campus football field from 1899 to 1923. It hosted the first Little Brown Jug game in 1903.
Tanforan Racetrack
A San Bruno Thoroughbred track that raced from 1899 to 1963, served as a Japanese American assembly center in 1942, and burned in 1964 before the land became The Shops at Tanforan.
South Side Park
South Side Park was the White Sox's home from 1900 to 1910 and, as Schorling's Park, the Chicago American Giants' home until a fire in December 1940. Public housing now stands on the site.
Tournament Park
Tournament Park in Pasadena hosted the first Rose Bowl Game in 1902 and the games of 1916-1922 before the Rose Bowl stadium opened. The site is now Caltech's track and field venue.
Trenton Speedway
A racetrack at the New Jersey State Fairgrounds that evolved from a 1900 half-mile dirt oval into a 1.5-mile paved speedway hosting Indy cars and NASCAR until its 1980 closure.
American League Park (I)
American League Park was the first home of the American League's Washington Senators, used from 1901 to 1903 in Washington's Trinidad neighborhood.
Columbia Park
Columbia Park in Brewerytown was the American League Athletics' first home, from 1901 to 1908. The block was later built over with housing.
Huntington Avenue Grounds
The Huntington Avenue Grounds was a small wooden ballpark where Boston's American League club played from 1901 to 1911. It hosted the first modern World Series game in 1903, and the land is now part of Northeastern University.
Playfair Race Course
Playfair Race Course was Spokane's horse racing track from 1901 until its final races in December 2000. The site is now the Playfair Commerce Park industrial area.
Vaughn Street Park
Vaughn Street Park was the home of Portland's Pacific Coast League Beavers from 1901 through 1955. It was razed in 1956 and the site is now industrial land.
Palace of the Fans / League Park (Cincinnati)
The Palace of the Fans was the Cincinnati Reds' ornate, partly concrete grandstand ballpark from 1902 to 1911, on the block later occupied by Crosley Field.
Wiedenmeyer's Park
Wiedenmeyer's Park in Newark's Ironbound was the city's minor-league ballpark from 1902 to 1918 and hosted one New York Highlanders game in 1904 to avoid New York's Sunday laws.
Jamaica Race Course
Jamaica Race Course in Queens ran Thoroughbred racing from 1903 to 1959 and was home to the Wood Memorial. It was razed in 1960 and replaced by the Rochdale Village cooperative.
Syracuse Mile
The Syracuse Mile at the New York State Fairgrounds was a one-mile dirt oval that held auto races from 1903 until October 2015. It hosted AAA and USAC Indy cars, NASCAR Grand National races and Super DIRT Week, and was torn down in 2016.
Douglas Park (Rock Island)
Douglas Park in Rock Island, Illinois, was home to the Rock Island Independents, a charter NFL team, from 1907 through 1925. The ballpark survives and is used for youth and American Legion baseball.
Rockingham Park
New England's first Thoroughbred track, which raced in Salem, New Hampshire from 1906 until 2009 and closed in 2016 to make way for the Tuscan Village development.
Archbold Stadium
Archbold Stadium was Syracuse University's concrete football stadium from 1907 to 1978. It was torn down in 1978-79 and the Carrier Dome was built on its footprint.