Lost venues, 1900–1949
The era of steel-and-concrete ballparks, early arenas, board-track motor racing and grand racetrack grandstands.
218 venues
View on map →Beulah Park
Beulah Park in Grove City, near Columbus, was Ohio's first Thoroughbred track, racing from 1923 until 2014. The property has been rebuilt as a housing and park development.
Frankford Stadium (Yellow Jacket Field)
Frankford Stadium was the home of the NFL's Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1924 to 1930. A fire badly damaged it on July 27, 1931, and it was later demolished.
Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium was the Memphis Red Sox's own ballpark from 1923 to 1959, one of the few Negro league parks owned by its team.
Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)
Kansas City's Municipal Stadium, opened in 1923 as Muehlebach Field, served the Monarchs, the Athletics, the Chiefs and the early Royals until 1972. It was torn down in 1976.
Old Byrd Stadium
Old Byrd Stadium was the University of Maryland's 5,000-seat football stadium from 1923 until about 1947. It was razed in 1953 and the site is now fraternity row.
Parkway Field
Parkway Field was the American Association Louisville Colonels' ballpark from 1923 to 1956 and later a University of Louisville field. Its grandstand was razed in 1961, and the grounds are now intramural fields.
Tinker Field
Tinker Field was Orlando's longtime spring training and minor league park, used by the Senators/Twins from 1936 to 1990. It was demolished in 2015, and a history plaza now marks the site.
Yankee Stadium
The original Yankee Stadium stood at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx from 1923 to 2008. It was the Yankees' home for most of that time and was replaced by a new stadium across the street.
Charlotte Speedway (board track)
Charlotte Speedway was a steeply banked 1.25-mile board track at Pineville, North Carolina, that held AAA championship races from 1924 to 1927. An industrial park now occupies the site.
Legion Ascot Speedway
Legion Ascot Speedway was a 5/8-mile oval in El Sereno, Los Angeles, that ran from 1924 to 1936 and earned a reputation as a killer track. A school and housing now cover the site.
Marquette Stadium
Marquette Stadium was Marquette University's football stadium in Milwaukee from 1924 to 1960, and briefly a Green Bay Packers venue in 1952. Its grandstands were razed in 1976.
Mountaineer Field (1924)
The original Mountaineer Field was West Virginia University's football stadium from 1924 to 1979. It was razed in 1987, and university buildings now stand on its stands.
Offermann Stadium
Offermann Stadium was the International League Buffalo Bisons' ballpark on Michigan Avenue from 1924 to 1960. It was torn down in 1961 and a school was built on the site.
Payne Park
Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida hosted major-league spring training and minor-league baseball from 1924 until 1988, and its site has been a public park since 2007.
Derby Lane
Derby Lane in St. Petersburg, Florida, ran greyhound races from January 1925 until December 2020, when Florida's Amendment 13 ban took effect. The building continued as a simulcast and poker venue.
Grand Olympic Auditorium
The Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles was the city's principal boxing and wrestling hall from 1925 and hosted Olympic events in 1932. Sold in 2005, it still stands as a Korean-American church.
Madison Square Garden (1925)
The third Madison Square Garden stood on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets from 1925 to 1968, home to the Rangers, Knicks and the city's biggest fights. It was razed after the Garden moved to Penn Station; Worldwide Plaza now occupies the site.
Pitt Stadium
Pitt Stadium was the University of Pittsburgh's on-campus football bowl from 1925 to 1999. It also served as a secondary home for the Steelers in the 1950s and '60s.
Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)
Built by William Wrigley Jr. in 1925 for the Pacific Coast League Angels, Los Angeles's Wrigley Field later housed the American League Angels for one season in 1961 and was demolished in 1969.
Atlantic City Speedway
Atlantic City Speedway was a 1.5-mile, 45-degree-banked board track near Hammonton, New Jersey, that ran AAA races from 1926 to 1928. It was dismantled by 1933 and the land returned to woods.
DU Stadium
DU Stadium, known as Hilltop Stadium, was the University of Denver's football stadium from 1926 until the school dropped football in 1961. It was demolished starting in 1971.
Fulford–Miami Speedway
Fulford–Miami Speedway was a steeply banked 1.25-mile board track in present-day North Miami Beach that held a single race on February 22, 1926. The September 1926 hurricane destroyed it.
Honolulu Stadium
Honolulu Stadium was a 25,000-seat wooden stadium that hosted University of Hawaii football, several bowl games and the WFL's Hawaiians from 1926 to 1975. It was demolished in 1976 and the site is now Old Stadium Park.
John F. Kennedy Stadium
Built for the 1926 Sesquicentennial, Philadelphia's huge municipal stadium hosted the Army-Navy Game, Eagles football, title fights and Live Aid. Condemned in 1989, it was demolished in 1992.