Lost football venues
Professional and college football stadiums that are gone or no longer host the sport. The list includes open-air bowls, shared baseball-football stadiums and the domes built from the 1960s through the 1990s.
123 venues
View on map →Normal Park
Normal Park was a football and baseball field on Chicago's South Side, in use from about 1914 to about 1951. It was an early home of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals.
Northrop Field
Northrop Field was the University of Minnesota's on-campus football field from 1899 to 1923. It hosted the first Little Brown Jug game in 1903.
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.
Ohio Field
Ohio Field was Ohio State University's football field from 1898 to 1921, before Ohio Stadium opened. It was torn down in 1922.
Old Byrd Stadium
Old Byrd Stadium was the University of Maryland's 5,000-seat football stadium from 1923 until about 1947. It was razed in 1953 and the site is now fraternity row.
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.
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.
Pelican Stadium
Pelican Stadium, first called Heinemann Park, was the New Orleans Pelicans' home at Tulane and Carrollton avenues from 1915 to 1957. It was torn down and a hotel was built on the site.
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.
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.
Polo Grounds
This was the fourth ballpark to carry the Polo Grounds name. It was rebuilt in concrete and steel on Coogan's Hollow after a 1911 fire and served baseball and football until 1963, then came down in 1964 for public housing.
Ponce de Leon Park
Ponce de Leon Park was Atlanta's principal ballpark for nearly six decades, home of the minor-league Crackers and the Negro league Black Crackers, remembered for a magnolia tree in play in deep center field.
Pontiac Silverdome
The Pontiac Silverdome was an air-supported domed stadium north of Detroit. It housed the Lions for 27 seasons and the Pistons for a decade, and hosted Super Bowl XVI, WrestleMania III and the first indoor World Cup match.
RCA Dome
The RCA Dome, opened as the Hoosier Dome, was an air-supported domed stadium in downtown Indianapolis. It was home to the Colts from their 1984 arrival through the 2007 season.
Reunion Arena
Reunion Arena was Dallas's main indoor arena from 1980 to 2008, home to the NBA's Mavericks and, from 1993, the NHL's Stars. It was demolished in 2009.
RFK Stadium
Opened in 1961 as D.C. Stadium and renamed for Robert F. Kennedy in 1969, RFK was Washington's main stadium for NFL, MLB and MLS teams. Its structure was demolished in 2025-26 to make way for a new Commanders stadium.
Richfield Coliseum
The Richfield Coliseum was a suburban arena between Cleveland and Akron that housed the Cavaliers from 1974 to 1994. After demolition in 1999 its land became grassland in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Riddick Stadium
Riddick Stadium was NC State's football stadium from 1907 to 1965. It was demolished in stages between 1968 and 2013, and SAS Hall now occupies the site.
Riverfront Stadium
Cincinnati's riverfront multipurpose stadium was home to the Reds and Bengals from 1970, renamed Cinergy Field in 1996, and imploded at the end of 2002.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.