Lost venues in Pennsylvania
22 former venues documented so far, across 7 cities. Mostly football, baseball, soccer.
22 venues
View on map →Baker Bowl
Baker Bowl was the Phillies' home at Broad and Lehigh from 1887 to mid-1938. Its tiny right field and steep wall made it a hitter's park; it was gone by 1950.
Civic Arena
Pittsburgh's Civic Arena, the domed 'Igloo' with a retractable roof, opened in 1961 and housed the Penguins from 1967 to 2010. It was demolished in 2011-2012.
Columbia Park
Columbia Park in Brewerytown was the American League Athletics' first home, from 1901 to 1908. The block was later built over with housing.
Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)
Exposition Park on Pittsburgh's North Shore was the Pirates' home from 1891 to mid-1909 and hosted the first modern World Series in 1903. The site is now mostly parking.
Frankford Stadium (Yellow Jacket Field)
Frankford Stadium was the home of the NFL's Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1924 to 1930. A fire badly damaged it on July 27, 1931, and it was later demolished.
Greenlee Field
Greenlee Field was the Hill District ballpark Gus Greenlee built in 1932 for his Pittsburgh Crawfords, recognized as the first Negro league stadium owned and built by African Americans.
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.
Hilldale Park
Hilldale Park on the Darby-Yeadon line was the home of the Hilldale Club, the 1925 Negro league world champions, from 1914 to 1932. Stores and parking lots now cover the site.
Jefferson Street Grounds
Jefferson Street Grounds in North Philadelphia hosted the first National League game on April 22, 1876, and was home to Athletics clubs into 1890. A city recreation center now stands on the site.
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.
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.
Liberty Bell Park
Liberty Bell Park in Northeast Philadelphia hosted harness racing from 1963 to 1985 and Thoroughbreds from 1969 to 1974. The Franklin Mills shopping mall was built on the site.
Nazareth Speedway
A Lehigh Valley racing site, associated with the Andretti family, whose paved one-mile oval hosted CART, IRL and NASCAR Busch racing from 1987 until International Speedway Corporation closed it in 2004.
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.
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.
Recreation Park (Philadelphia)
Recreation Park in North Philadelphia hosted baseball from about 1860 and was the Phillies' first National League home from 1883 to 1886.
Shibe Park
Shibe Park, renamed Connie Mack Stadium in 1953, was Philadelphia's major league ballpark from 1909 to 1970. It was the Athletics' home and later the Phillies'. A church now occupies the site.
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.
The Spectrum
The Spectrum in South Philadelphia was home to the Flyers and 76ers from 1967 to 1996 and stayed open for minor-league and concert use until October 2009. It was demolished in 2010-2011.
Three Rivers Stadium
Pittsburgh's North Shore stadium hosted the Pirates and Steelers from 1970 to 2000 and was imploded in February 2001 after both teams got new venues next door.
Uniontown Speedway
Uniontown Speedway was a 1.1-mile wooden board track at Hopwood, Pennsylvania, that held AAA races from 1916 to 1922. A half-mile dirt track later operated nearby on the site.
Veterans Stadium
South Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium was the shared home of the Phillies and Eagles from 1971 until 2003 and was imploded in March 2004 to make way for parking for their new venues.