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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Engel Stadium in Chattanooga was home to the Lookouts from 1930 to 1999, where Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1931; UTC announced in 2025 that it will be torn down.
Hamtramck Stadium
Hamtramck Stadium was built in 1930 for Detroit's Negro league teams and is one of the few surviving Negro league ballparks. It has been restored for community baseball.
New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
New Orleans Municipal Auditorium, opened in 1930 next to Congo Square, hosted the ABA Buccaneers, the NBA's New Orleans Jazz and ECHL hockey. It has stood abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Bush Stadium
Bush Stadium, opened in 1931 as Perry Stadium, was the Indianapolis Indians' home until 1996. It was partly demolished and turned into the Stadium Lofts apartments in 2013.
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Cleveland's city-owned lakefront stadium, opened in 1931, housed the Indians through 1993 and the Browns through 1995 before it was razed for a new football stadium on the same ground.
Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Philadelphia's Convention Hall hosted national political conventions and was home to the NBA Warriors and early 76ers. It closed in 1996 and was demolished in 2005 for a Penn medical center.
Tropical Park Race Track
Tropical Park Race Track near Coral Gables raced Thoroughbreds from 1931 to 1972 alongside Hialeah and Gulfstream. Miami-Dade County turned the land into a public park in 1979.
Flagler Dog Track
Flagler Dog Track in Miami raced greyhounds from 1932 until 2018, after state regulators let its owner swap dog racing for jai-alai. The property operates as Magic City Casino.
Greenlee Field
Greenlee Field was the Hill District ballpark Gus Greenlee built in 1932 for his Pittsburgh Crawfords, recognized as the first Negro league stadium owned and built by African Americans.
Palm Beach Kennel Club
Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach opened in 1932 and staged Florida's final greyhound races on December 31, 2020. Most of its land was sold in 2026 for a residential and retail development.
Ray Winder Field
Ray Winder Field hosted the Travelers in Little Rock from 1932 to 2006, using the same grandstand throughout. It was demolished in 2012.
Longacres
Longacres in Renton, Washington, was the Pacific Northwest's leading Thoroughbred track from 1933 until its final race in September 1992. Boeing bought and demolished it for corporate buildings.
Bay Meadows Racetrack
San Mateo's Thoroughbred track from 1934 to 2008, long California's oldest continuously operating racetrack, now replaced by the mixed-use Bay Meadows neighborhood.
Dayton Speedway
Dayton Speedway was a high-banked half-mile in Dayton, Ohio, that opened in June 1934 and closed after the 1982 season. It hosted AAA, USAC and NASCAR events.
Gilmore Stadium
Gilmore Stadium was an 18,000-seat Fairfax District stadium built by oilman Earl Gilmore in 1934, best known for midget auto racing and professional football before CBS Television City replaced it.
Hollywood Greyhound Track
The Hollywood Kennel Club opened in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in December 1934 and later became Hollywood Greyhound Track and Mardi Gras Casino. Live racing ended on May 5, 2018, and the building is now the Big Easy Casino.
International Amphitheatre
The International Amphitheatre at the Union Stock Yards hosted livestock shows, national political conventions and Chicago's early NBA teams, including the Bulls' first season. It was demolished in 1999.
Kiel Auditorium
Kiel Auditorium was St. Louis's municipal arena from 1934 to 1991 and home to the NBA's St. Louis Hawks from 1955 to 1968. Its arena half was razed in 1992 for what is now Enterprise Center.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita hosted the National Baseball Congress World Series from 1935 to 2018 and several minor league teams. It was razed in late 2018 and a new ballpark was built on the site.
MacArthur Stadium
MacArthur Stadium, opened in 1934 as Municipal Stadium on Syracuse's north side, was home to the International League Chiefs for more than six decades.
Narragansett Park
Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, raced Thoroughbreds from 1934 to 1978. Its grandstand survives in part on the former grounds.
Dallas Sportatorium
The Dallas Sportatorium was a wrestling and boxing arena that opened in 1935 and became the home of World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980s. It closed in 1998 and was demolished in 2003.
Pan-Pacific Auditorium
The Streamline Moderne Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles hosted minor-league hockey and USC basketball. It closed in 1972 and burned in 1989; the site is now Pan Pacific Park.
Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club
The Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club in Longwood, Florida, opened in 1935 and ran its final races in March 2020, cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. Its 31-acre site was put under contract for mixed-use development.