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 →Northville Downs
Northville Downs, a harness track in Northville, Michigan, ran from 1944 until February 3, 2024, when it closed as the state's last horse racing track. The site is being redeveloped for housing and parks.
Tucson Greyhound Park
Tucson Greyhound Park in South Tucson, Arizona, raced greyhounds from 1944 until June 2016, when Arizona's ban took effect. After years of simulcast-only operation and vacancy, demolition began in 2025 for a youth soccer academy.
Maywood Park
Maywood Park was a Standardbred harness track in Melrose Park, Illinois, from 1946 to 2015. An Amazon distribution center now occupies the site.
Orange Park Kennel Club
The Orange Park Kennel Club near Jacksonville raced greyhounds from 1946 until December 2020, the last track in Northeast Florida to do so. It continues as a bestbet gaming venue.
Portland Meadows
Portland Meadows was Portland, Oregon's Thoroughbred track from 1946 until its final season in 2018-19. The main building was demolished in 2020.
Foxboro Park
Foxboro Park, opened as Bay State Raceway in 1947, was a harness (and later Thoroughbred) track in Foxborough, Massachusetts, until 1997. It was torn down for Gillette Stadium.
Islip Speedway
Islip Speedway on Long Island was a 0.2-mile oval that ran from 1947 to September 1984, the smallest track ever to host NASCAR's Grand National Series. It is credited with the first demolition derby in 1958.
Lincoln Downs / Lincoln Greyhound Park
Lincoln Downs opened as a Rhode Island horse track in 1947 and became Lincoln Greyhound Park in 1977. Live dog racing ended in August 2009, and the property is now the Bally's Twin River Lincoln casino.
Mission Stadium
Mission Stadium was the 10,000-seat home of the minor-league San Antonio Missions from 1947 to 1964; its site is now a parking lot.
Occoneechee Speedway
Occoneechee Speedway was a dirt track in Hillsborough, North Carolina, that hosted NASCAR from its first season in 1949 until 1968. The abandoned oval survives in the woods as a historic trail site.
Sunnyside Garden Arena
Sunnyside Garden Arena was a small Queens boxing and wrestling club from the late 1940s to 1977, in a former Gould family tennis building. It was razed in 1977 and a fast-food restaurant took its place.
Toledo Sports Arena
The Toledo Sports Arena on the east bank of the Maumee River was home of Toledo's IHL and ECHL hockey teams from 1947 to 2007. It was demolished in August 2007.
Westboro Speedway
Westboro Speedway was a quarter-mile asphalt oval on Route 9 in Westborough, Massachusetts, that raced from August 1947 to September 1985. The site is now a shopping plaza.
Daytona Beach Kennel Club (Volusia County Kennel Club)
The original Volusia County Kennel Club, later the Daytona Beach Kennel Club, raced greyhounds next to Daytona International Speedway from 1948 until a replacement building opened on Williamson Boulevard in 2008.
Heidelberg Raceway
Heidelberg Raceway in Scott Township near Pittsburgh ran from May 1948 to 1973 and hosted four NASCAR Grand National races. The site is now the Raceway Plaza shopping center.
Herndon Stadium
Herndon Stadium at Morris Brown College in Atlanta opened in 1948 and hosted field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics. It was later abandoned and stands gutted by vandals.
Mile High Stadium
Mile High Stadium began as a minor-league ballpark in 1948 and grew into the Denver Broncos' home for 41 seasons. It also hosted the Colorado Rockies' first two MLB seasons.
Riverside Park Speedway
Riverside Park Speedway was a quarter-mile paved oval inside Riverside Park amusement park in Agawam, Massachusetts, that ran modified stock cars from 1948 to 1999. It was demolished when the park became Six Flags New England.
Rosenblatt Stadium
Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha hosted the College World Series from 1950 to 2010 and minor league baseball from 1949 to 2010. It was demolished in 2012-2013 and the land became part of the Henry Doorly Zoo.
Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
McKethan Stadium at Perry Field was the University of Florida's baseball home from 1949 (the 1988 stadium) until it was replaced by Condron Ballpark and demolished in 2020.
Black Hills Kennel Club
The Black Hills Kennel Club was a greyhound track near Rapid City, South Dakota, listed by Wikipedia as racing from 1949 to 1994.
Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati Gardens opened in 1949 and was home to the NBA's Cincinnati Royals from 1957 to 1972 and later to Xavier basketball. It closed in 2016 and was demolished in 2018.
Hazel Park Raceway
Hazel Park Raceway, north of Detroit, hosted Thoroughbred and harness racing from 1949 until it closed in April 2018. An Amazon distribution center now stands on the site.
Holleder Memorial Stadium
Holleder Memorial Stadium, originally Aquinas Memorial Stadium, was a 20,000-seat stadium in Rochester, New York, home to the Rochester Lancers of the ASL and NASL from 1967 to 1980. It was demolished in 1985.