Rest In Pieces: 50 Demolished Sports Stadiums We Love
By Complex Magazine | Mar 31, 2011 | 1:51 pm | Permalink
Baseball's Opening Day is here, and across the country folks are trudging off to ballparks for the unofficial first day of spring (here's a hint: bring your gloves). A lot of those people are going to games at gleaming new stadiums, marvels of modern architecture and convenience. But most of those new sports palaces are lacking a little something, namely history.
So what if you can get five different kinds of sushi delivered to your plush, plus-size seat? Give us hard metal bleachers, hot dogs of unknown provenance, and steamy (not in the good way) bathrooms, but most of all, give us Jackie Robinson stealing home, Franco Harris intercepting a pass on offense, and the best introduction in sports history. Of course we all know we can't actually have those moments again, because the places where they happened are either rubble, parking lots, or the very same new stadiums we go to today. But we can still reminisce and imagine the good old days with this look at 50 Demolished Sports Stadiums We Love. Play ball!
By Patrick F. Albertson
Manny Toro March 31st, 2011 at 06:34 PM
where is Milwaukee County Stadium??? Seriously??
Tosh April 5th, 2011 at 07:29 PM
I agree Milwaukee County Stadium was awesome, i mean.... that is where the filmed the original Major League movie
Surly April 5th, 2011 at 09:19 PM
Maple Leaf Gardens and the Montreal Forum aren't demolished.
Bobby March 31st, 2011 at 09:58 PM
Where's the Montreal Forum, or the Maple Leaf Gardens?
PL638DO April 6th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Maple Leaf Gardens still stands and future development is in the works. The Montreal Forum also still stands, and was renovated into an entertainment complex.
Phil D April 6th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
the Gardens and Forum are still standing brothers....this is stadiums that have been demolished
OneBluntWonder March 31st, 2011 at 10:53 PM
Maple Leaf Gardens should have definitely been on here
Perry April 6th, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Maple Leaf Gardens is not demolished. That is why it is not on this list.
PhilD April 6th, 2011 at 12:58 PM
the Gardens is still standing
Dallas March 31st, 2011 at 11:50 PM
This list is way too biased on Philadelphia. There's like five to six stadiums on this list from there.
Matt April 3rd, 2011 at 12:29 PM
the "infamous" Santa Claus incident, that is so overblown by people outside the Philadelphia area, didn't even happen here. It was at Franklin Field.
RUKiddingMe? April 5th, 2011 at 05:12 PM
One per page? Are you kidding me? tl;dr
Nicky Vegas April 5th, 2011 at 05:31 PM
The Tin Can?!? That was the North Carolina Tarheels stadium, in Chapel Hill, from 1924-1938! Not Memorial Stadium in Baltimore! Get your facts straight; is #45 in NC, or is it in MD?
Bodymore April 5th, 2011 at 07:29 PM
Yeah what the hell is the Tin Can? Generation Wikipedia fail.
Malcolm Night April 5th, 2011 at 06:01 PM
The reason the Montreal forum and Maple Leaf Gardens are not on this list is simple...they are still in existence (though renovated for different uses). This is a lit of demolished stadiums.
TTC April 5th, 2011 at 06:07 PM
Where is the Olympia (Red Wings) as well as the Montreal Forum and Maple Leaf Gardens as was noted above? Otherwise, nice effort...thanks
Colin April 5th, 2011 at 06:31 PM
Maple Leaf Gardens is still standing, that's at least one reason why it's not here. Not the same use obviously, but it's still there.