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 →Lions Drag Strip
Lions Drag Strip was a quarter-mile drag strip in Wilmington, beside Long Beach, that ran from 1955 to 1972. The Harbor Department reclaimed the land, which later became a container terminal.
Lloyd Street Grounds
Lloyd Street Grounds was the Milwaukee Brewers' park, including their single American League season in 1901, before the club became the St. Louis Browns. It was torn down in 1904 and the land became housing.
Lockhart Stadium
Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, opened in 1959 and was home to the NASL's Fort Lauderdale Strikers and MLS's Miami Fusion. It was demolished in May 2019 and the site redeveloped for Inter Miami CF.
Longacres
Longacres in Renton, Washington, was the Pacific Northwest's leading Thoroughbred track from 1933 until its final race in September 1992. Boeing bought and demolished it for corporate buildings.
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena opened in Exposition Park in 1959 and housed the Lakers, Clippers, early Kings and USC basketball. It closed in 2016 and was razed for LAFC's soccer stadium.
Los Angeles Motordrome
The Los Angeles Motordrome in Playa del Rey was a one-mile board track that opened in April 1910 and was abandoned after a 1913 fire. Automobile and motorcycle speed records were set there.
Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016)
This Louis Armstrong Stadium was the converted 1964 World's Fair Singer Bowl that served as the US Open's main stadium from 1978 to 1996 and its second court until 2016.
MacArthur Stadium
MacArthur Stadium, opened in 1934 as Municipal Stadium on Syracuse's north side, was home to the International League Chiefs for more than six decades.
Madison Square Garden (1890)
The second Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, stood at Madison Avenue and 26th Street in Manhattan from 1890 to 1926. It hosted prizefights, six-day bicycle races and the first Millrose Games.
Madison Square Garden (1925)
The third Madison Square Garden stood on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets from 1925 to 1968, home to the Rangers, Knicks and the city's biggest fights. It was razed after the Garden moved to Penn Station; Worldwide Plaza now occupies the site.
Manning Bowl
The Manning Bowl was a 21,000-seat stadium in Lynn, Massachusetts, used for high school football and occasional pro games from 1937 to 2004. It was demolished in 2005 and replaced by Manning Field.
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.
Mark's Stadium
Mark's Stadium in North Tiverton, Rhode Island, opened in 1922 as the home of the Fall River Marksmen of the American Soccer League. It was torn down in the 1950s and the site is now an empty lot.
Market Square Arena
Market Square Arena was the Indiana Pacers' downtown home from 1974 to 1999, spanning Market Street next to City Market. It was imploded in 2001 and the site now holds an apartment tower and a Cummins facility.
Marquette Stadium
Marquette Stadium was Marquette University's football stadium in Milwaukee from 1924 to 1960, and briefly a Green Bay Packers venue in 1952. Its grandstands were razed in 1976.
Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium was the Memphis Red Sox's own ballpark from 1923 to 1959, one of the few Negro league parks owned by its team.
Maywood Park
Maywood Park was a Standardbred harness track in Melrose Park, Illinois, from 1946 to 2015. An Amazon distribution center now occupies the site.
McArthur Court
McArthur Court was the University of Oregon's basketball arena from 1927 until Matthew Knight Arena replaced it in 2011. The building still stands and is used for other campus purposes.
McNichols Sports Arena
McNichols Sports Arena was Denver's major-league arena from 1975 to 1999, home to the Nuggets, the NHL's Colorado Rockies and the early Colorado Avalanche. It was demolished in 2000.
Meadowdale International Raceway
Meadowdale International Raceway was a 3.27-mile road course near Carpentersville, Illinois, that ran from 1958 to 1969 and was known for its banked Monza Wall turn. The site is now the Raceway Woods preserve.
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.
Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Baltimore's 33rd Street stadium, begun as a 1922 football bowl and rebuilt around 1950-54, was home to the Orioles through 1991 and to the Colts, Stallions and Ravens before demolition in 2001-02.
Mercer Arena
Seattle's Civic Ice Arena, later Mercer Arena, hosted minor-league and junior hockey from 1927. It closed in 2003 and was demolished in 2017.