Lost venues in New Jersey
11 former venues documented so far, across 8 cities. Mostly motorsports, baseball, soccer.
11 venues
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Atco Dragway in Waterford Township, New Jersey, was an NHRA-sanctioned drag strip that opened in 1960 and closed abruptly on July 18, 2023. It was described as the state's oldest drag strip.
Atlantic City Speedway
Atlantic City Speedway was a 1.5-mile, 45-degree-banked board track near Hammonton, New Jersey, that ran AAA races from 1926 to 1928. It was dismantled by 1933 and the land returned to woods.
Garden State Park
A Cherry Hill track that opened in 1942, burned in 1977, was rebuilt as a lavish glass-walled plant in 1985 and closed for good in 2001, now replaced by a retail and housing town center.
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was an open-air stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. It was home to the New York Giants from 1976 and to the New York Jets from 1984 until both teams moved next door to MetLife Stadium in 2010.
Harrison Park
Harrison Park in Harrison, New Jersey was built for the Federal League's 1915 Newark Peppers, then housed the minor-league Newark Bears and national soccer finals until fire destroyed it in August 1923.
Laurel Garden Arena
Laurel Garden Arena on Springfield Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, was a 3,000-seat boxing and wrestling club from 1922 until about 1953. It was demolished in the mid-1950s.
Meadowlands Arena
The Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford was home to the NBA's Nets and the NHL's Devils for about three decades. It closed to public events in 2015 and has since been used as a rehearsal hall and film stage.
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.
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.
Trenton Speedway
A racetrack at the New Jersey State Fairgrounds that evolved from a 1900 half-mile dirt oval into a 1.5-mile paved speedway hosting Indy cars and NASCAR until its 1980 closure.
Wiedenmeyer's Park
Wiedenmeyer's Park in Newark's Ironbound was the city's minor-league ballpark from 1902 to 1918 and hosted one New York Highlanders game in 1904 to avoid New York's Sunday laws.