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 →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.
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.
Engel Stadium
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.
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.