All former venues
Every published venue in the atlas. Each record cites its sources and shows what stands on the site today where that is known.
355 venues
View on map →Jamaica Race Course
Jamaica Race Course in Queens ran Thoroughbred racing from 1903 to 1959 and was home to the Wood Memorial. It was razed in 1960 and replaced by the Rochdale Village cooperative.
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.
Jerome Park Racetrack
Jerome Park was the American Jockey Club's racetrack in what is now the Bronx, home of the first Belmont Stakes in 1867. It closed for the Jerome Park Reservoir.
Joe Louis Arena
Joe Louis Arena on the Detroit riverfront was the Red Wings' home from December 1979 to 2017. The city dismantled it in 2019-2020, and the site is being redeveloped as Water Square.
Joe W. Davis Stadium
Joe W. Davis Stadium was Huntsville's minor-league ballpark from 1985 to 2015 and was rebuilt as a soccer stadium that reopened in 2023.
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.
John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum
The John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum was LSU's basketball arena from 1937 to 1971. It still stands and hosts livestock shows and rodeos.
Kentucky Association Race Track
The Kentucky Association track in Lexington was one of America's oldest racecourses, operating from about 1828 until 1933. Its gates were later replicated at Keeneland.
Kiel Auditorium
Kiel Auditorium was St. Louis's municipal arena from 1934 to 1991 and home to the NBA's St. Louis Hawks from 1955 to 1968. Its arena half was razed in 1992 for what is now Enterprise Center.
Kingdome
Seattle's Kingdome housed the Seahawks, Mariners, SuperSonics and Sounders from 1976 until early 2000 and was imploded to clear the site for Lumen Field.
Knights Stadium
Knights Stadium in Fort Mill, South Carolina was home to the Charlotte Knights from 1990 to 2013 and was demolished in early 2015.
LaGrave Field
LaGrave Field was Fort Worth's ballpark site from 1926, home to the Texas League Cats and later a rebuilt independent-league park from 2002 to 2014; demolition began in February 2025.
Lake Front Park
Lake Front Park was the Chicago White Stockings' National League ballpark on the downtown lakefront from 1878 to 1884, notorious for its tiny right field.
Lakewood Speedway
A one-mile dirt oval at Atlanta's Lakewood fairgrounds, raced from 1917 to 1979 and known as the Indianapolis of the South, whose site is now partly covered by Lakewood Amphitheatre's parking.
Lane Field
Lane Field was a wooden WPA-built ballpark at the foot of Broadway on San Diego Bay, home of the Pacific Coast League Padres from 1936 through 1957.
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.
Latonia Race Track
Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky, was one of the country's leading Thoroughbred tracks from 1883 to 1939. It was razed in 1941, and a shopping center now covers most of the site.
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.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita hosted the National Baseball Congress World Series from 1935 to 2018 and several minor league teams. It was razed in late 2018 and a new ballpark was built on the site.
League Park
League Park, at East 66th Street and Lexington Avenue, was Cleveland's major league ballpark from 1891 and the Indians' main home until 1946. Part of it survives in a city park that reopened in 2014.
Legion Ascot Speedway
Legion Ascot Speedway was a 5/8-mile oval in El Sereno, Los Angeles, that ran from 1924 to 1936 and earned a reputation as a killer track. A school and housing now cover the site.
Lexington Park
Lexington Park was the St. Paul Saints' home at Lexington and University avenues from 1897 to 1956. A grocery store and later other commercial buildings replaced it.
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.
Lincoln Downs / Lincoln Greyhound Park
Lincoln Downs opened as a Rhode Island horse track in 1947 and became Lincoln Greyhound Park in 1977. Live dog racing ended in August 2009, and the property is now the Bally's Twin River Lincoln casino.