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 →LaGrave Field
LaGrave Field was Fort Worth's ballpark site from 1926, home to the Texas League Cats and later a rebuilt independent-league park from 2002 to 2014; demolition began in February 2025.
Langhorne Speedway
A fearsome near-circular one-mile oval in Bucks County that hosted AAA, USAC and early NASCAR racing from 1926 until 1971, after which the land was quickly cleared for retail development.
McArthur Court
McArthur Court was the University of Oregon's basketball arena from 1927 until Matthew Knight Arena replaced it in 2011. The building still stands and is used for other campus purposes.
Miles Stadium
Miles Stadium was Virginia Tech's football stadium from 1926 to 1964. It was razed in 1965, and residence halls were later built on the site.
Ownby Stadium
Ownby Stadium was SMU's on-campus football stadium, used from 1926 to 1948 and again in 1989-1994. It was demolished in 1998 and Gerald J. Ford Stadium was built on the site.
Rhode Island Auditorium
The Rhode Island Auditorium in Providence was home to the AHL's Providence Reds for 46 years and the BAA's Providence Steamrollers from 1946 to 1949. It was demolished in 1989.
Ridgewood Grove
Ridgewood Grove was a 4,000-seat boxing and wrestling arena at the Brooklyn-Queens line from 1926 to 1956, with a brief 1980s revival. The building survives with other uses.
Ruppert Stadium
Ruppert Stadium was the Ironbound ballpark of the Yankees' top farm club, the Newark Bears, and the Negro National League Newark Eagles, who won the 1946 Negro World Series there.
Tulane Stadium
Tulane Stadium was a steel-framed bowl on Tulane University's uptown campus. It hosted the first Sugar Bowl, the Saints' first eight seasons and three Super Bowls before the Superdome made it obsolete.
Washington Park Race Track (Homewood)
Washington Park in south suburban Homewood, Illinois, was a major Chicago-area Thoroughbred track from 1926 until a fire destroyed its grandstand in February 1977. The land was redeveloped in the 1990s.
Arlington Park
A major Chicago-area Thoroughbred track that raced from 1927 to 2021, birthplace of the Arlington Million, bought and demolished by the Chicago Bears for a stadium project whose future is unsettled.
Hoch Auditorium
Hoch Auditorium was the University of Kansas basketball home until Allen Fieldhouse opened in 1955. Gutted by fire in 1991, it was rebuilt behind its facade as Budig Hall.
Mercer Arena
Seattle's Civic Ice Arena, later Mercer Arena, hosted minor-league and junior hockey from 1927. It closed in 2003 and was demolished in 2017.
Minneapolis Auditorium
The Minneapolis Auditorium was the main home of the Minneapolis Lakers dynasty from 1947 to 1959. It was demolished in 1989 for the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Olympia Stadium
Olympia Stadium at Grand River and McGraw was the Red Wings' home from 1927 through 1979 and briefly the Pistons'. It was demolished in 1986 and replaced on site by a National Guard armory.
Boston Garden
Boston Garden was the arena built over North Station that housed the Bruins from 1928 and the Celtics from 1946 until both moved next door in 1995. It was demolished in 1998.
Buffalo Stadium
Buffalo Stadium, built by the St. Louis Cardinals for the Texas League Houston Buffaloes, opened in Houston's East End in 1928. It was sold for salvage in 1963, and a furniture showroom later went up on the site.
Polar Palace
The Polar Palace in Hollywood was an ice rink used by UCLA and USC hockey in the 1930s. It burned on May 16, 1963, and was not rebuilt.
Temple Stadium
Temple Stadium was Temple University's football stadium in northwest Philadelphia from 1928 to 1977. It was razed in 1996-97 and part of the site became a church campus.
Arlington Downs
Arlington Downs was W. T. Waggoner's Thoroughbred track in Arlington, Texas, opened in 1929 and closed after Texas repealed parimutuel betting in 1937. Its buildings were razed in 1958.
Chicago Stadium
Chicago Stadium on West Madison Street hosted the Blackhawks from 1929 and the Bulls from 1967 until the United Center opened across the street in 1994. It was razed in 1995 for parking.
Silver Stadium
Silver Stadium, opened in 1929 as Red Wing Stadium on Norton Street, was home to the Rochester Red Wings for 68 seasons before the club moved downtown.
St. Louis Arena
The St. Louis Arena opened in 1929 near Forest Park and was the Blues' home from 1967 to 1994. It was demolished in February 1999 and the site redeveloped as The Highlands.
Tulsa Coliseum
The Tulsa Coliseum was home of the Tulsa Oilers hockey team from 1929 until it burned on September 20, 1952. It was never rebuilt.