Lost venues, 1950–1979
Postwar suburban stadiums, the first domes and the circular multipurpose stadiums shared by baseball and football.
259 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.