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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Boston's Thoroughbred track from 1935 to 2019, famed for Seabiscuit and a 1966 Beatles concert, now being redeveloped into a large housing and office district while the oval serves as a public track.
Wonderland Greyhound Park
Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere, Massachusetts, ran greyhound races from 1935 until a statewide ballot measure ended live racing in 2009. The track was demolished starting in 2017.
Daytona Beach and Road Course
The Daytona Beach and Road Course combined the beach and a paved highway into a racing circuit that hosted NASCAR's early races until 1958. Daytona International Speedway replaced it.
Goodwin Stadium
Goodwin Stadium was Arizona State's football stadium from 1936 to 1958 and was later used by Tempe High School until 1969. Its stands were razed in 1976 and 1978.
Lane Field
Lane Field was a wooden WPA-built ballpark at the foot of Broadway on San Diego Bay, home of the Pacific Coast League Padres from 1936 through 1957.
Cleveland Arena
Cleveland Arena on Euclid Avenue was the city's main indoor venue from 1937 to 1974, home to the AHL Barons and the Cavaliers' first four seasons. It was demolished in 1977.
John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum
The John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum was LSU's basketball arena from 1937 to 1971. It still stands and hosts livestock shows and rodeos.
Manning Bowl
The Manning Bowl was a 21,000-seat stadium in Lynn, Massachusetts, used for high school football and occasional pro games from 1937 to 2004. It was demolished in 2005 and replaced by Manning Field.
Miami Orange Bowl
The Miami Orange Bowl was a city-owned stadium in Little Havana. It opened in 1937 and hosted University of Miami football for 70 seasons, the Dolphins' early years, five Super Bowls and the Orange Bowl game.
Phillips Field
Phillips Field was a 20,000-seat football stadium in Tampa, home of the University of Tampa Spartans from 1937 to 1967 and of the Cigar Bowl from 1946 to 1954. It was razed after Tampa Stadium opened.
Roosevelt Stadium
Roosevelt Stadium was a WPA-built Art Deco stadium on Jersey City's Newark Bay waterfront, where Jackie Robinson made his professional debut in 1946 and the Brooklyn Dodgers played part-time in 1956-57.
War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium, known as 'The Rockpile', was a WPA-built stadium on Buffalo's East Side. It was home to the AAFC and AFL Bills and to the Buffalo Bisons, and was demolished in 1989.
Alex Box Stadium (1938)
The original Alex Box Stadium was LSU's baseball home from 1938 to 2008, where LSU won eight College World Series titles, before a new park opened just to the south.
Hollywood Park Racetrack
A Thoroughbred track founded by Hollywood studio figures that raced in Inglewood from 1938 to 2013, hosted the first Breeders' Cup, and was razed for the district containing SoFi Stadium.
Sick's Stadium
Sick's Stadium was a Rainier Valley ballpark built by brewer Emil Sick for his PCL Rainiers in 1938 and pressed into service as the one-season major league home of the 1969 Seattle Pilots.
Gilmore Field
Gilmore Field was the Fairfax District home of the Pacific Coast League Hollywood Stars from 1939 to 1957, a small ballpark beside the Farmers Market that drew a celebrity crowd.
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, 'the Aud', stood on the waterfront from 1940 to 2009 and was home to the NHL's Sabres and the NBA's Braves. Its site is now part of the Canalside district.
Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park
Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park in Raynham, Massachusetts, raced greyhounds from 1940 until a statewide ballot ban ended live racing in December 2009. The building remains in use for simulcast betting.
Roosevelt Raceway
Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, Long Island, began as an auto racing circuit in 1936 and became a landmark night harness track from 1940 to 1988. The site is now shopping centers, condominiums and apartments.
Rubber Bowl
The Rubber Bowl was the University of Akron's football stadium from 1940 to 2008. Condemned in 2017, it was demolished in stages from 2018 to 2023.
Golden Gate Fields
Golden Gate Fields was a Thoroughbred track on the San Francisco Bay shoreline in Albany and Berkeley, California, from 1941 to 2024. It was the last major Thoroughbred track in Northern California.
Uline Arena
Uline Arena, later the Washington Coliseum, was home to the BAA/NBA Washington Capitols and the site of the Beatles' first U.S. concert. The building survives as an REI store.
Garden State Park
A Cherry Hill track that opened in 1942, burned in 1977, was rebuilt as a lavish glass-walled plant in 1985 and closed for good in 2001, now replaced by a retail and housing town center.
Robertson Stadium
Built by the Houston school district with the WPA and opened in 1942, this stadium was home to the AFL's Houston Oilers and later the University of Houston. It was demolished in December 2012 for TDECU Stadium.