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 →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.
Mile High Greyhound Park
Mile High Greyhound Park in Commerce City, Colorado, was the state's last live greyhound track when racing ended in 2008. It was demolished by 2013, and the 65-acre site is being redeveloped with housing.
Rocky Mountain Greyhound Park
Rocky Mountain Greyhound Park in Colorado Springs opened as the Rocky Mountain Kennel Club in July 1949 and raced greyhounds until 2005. The site is now a Copart vehicle storage lot.
Asheville–Weaverville Speedway
Asheville–Weaverville Speedway was a half-mile oval north of Asheville that hosted NASCAR Grand National races from 1951 to 1969. It closed in 1970 after a noise dispute and was later demolished.
Detroit Race Course
Detroit Race Course in Livonia, Michigan, was metro Detroit's main Thoroughbred track from 1950 until its last live race in November 1998. It was torn down for commercial redevelopment.
Floyd Casey Stadium
Floyd Casey Stadium, originally Baylor Stadium, was Baylor University's football home from 1950 to 2013. It was imploded on May 14, 2016.
Stagg Memorial Stadium
Pacific Memorial Stadium, later Stagg Memorial, was the University of the Pacific's football stadium from 1950 until the program ended in 1995. It was closed in 2012 and removed starting in 2014.
Columbia Speedway
Columbia Speedway in Cayce, South Carolina, hosted NASCAR's top series from 1951 to 1971, mostly on dirt. The property is now an events facility.
Manzanita Speedway
Manzanita Speedway was a dirt track in southwest Phoenix that raced from August 1951 to April 2009. It hosted USAC sprint cars, NASCAR Winston West races and World of Outlaws events.
Marchbanks Speedway
Marchbanks Speedway, later Hanford Motor Speedway, was a dirt and then paved 1.4-mile tri-oval near Hanford, California, that hosted NASCAR and USAC Indy car races. It closed around 1970 and was torn down in 1984.