{"id":17467,"date":"2017-02-12T07:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T12:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=17467"},"modified":"2022-05-05T06:48:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:48:14","slug":"stadium-once-stood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/stadium-once-stood\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the Stadium Once Stood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I guess the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=17461\">Ghost Signs<\/a> got me thinking about the way things used to be in an earlier age. My memory circled back to a time when professional baseball didn&#8217;t exist in Washington, DC and we used to travel to Baltimore to see the Orioles play. This happened a lot when I was a kid, long before the Orioles occupied the beautiful, iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/orioles\/ballpark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Camden Yards<\/a> that so many other ball clubs copied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Orioles took the field on a much less beautiful and nowhere nearly as iconic Memorial Stadium in those days. I even think we saw the Baltimore Colts play (American) football a couple times there too. The Colts left Baltimore in 1983 just to show how far back my mind wandered. So what happened to Memorial Stadium after its replacement, I wondered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memorial Stadium; Baltimore, Maryland, USA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d2523.57399839382!2d-76.601535!3d39.330092!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x568efbf6a7353f3e!2sMemorial%20Stadium!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1621336238257!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I drilled into a satellite image and discovered that the old stadium still existed. Well, not really. The city tore it down in 2001. However <a href=\"https:\/\/placesjournal.org\/article\/the-demolition-and-afterlife-of-baltimore-memorial-stadium\/?gclid=CNm4zfOCidICFY-NswodzREGdQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many fragments remained<\/a>, spread throughout Baltimore. Its basic shape also remained. A new residential neighborhood occupied much of the land originally part of the Memorial Stadium property. It included a ring-road that approximated the circumference of the stadium itself. Inside that asphalt oval, an open field covered the spot where professional sports teams once played. It offered configurations for baseball, football and soccer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That made me consider other stadiums wiped from the face of the earth. In many cases new stadiums simply covered the exact footprint occupied by their predecessors. In other instances not a single sign remained at all. However, I enjoyed the ones like Baltimore the most, where people kept their memories alive. Those stadiums continued to exist in an odd ethereal way. The roar of the crowd now silenced, the crack of the bat or the kick of the ball no longer felt, but the stories remained in the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some quick searching found several more examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Atlanta\u2013Fulton County Stadium; Atlanta, Georgia, USA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wallyg\/8907025289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3822\/8907025289_0b8763feab_b.jpg\" alt=\"Atlanta - Turner Field: Gold Parking Lot - Hank Aaron 715th Home Run Monument. Photo by Wally Gobetz; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlanta\u2013Fulton County Stadium hosted both the Atlanta Braves of baseball and the Atlanta Falcons of (American) football at various times before a controlled implosion finally took it down in 1997. The brand-new Turner Field rose on an adjacent parcel, and the spot once occupied by Atlanta\u2013Fulton County Stadium became part of its parking lots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The old footprint occupied a large section of the Green Lot (it looked awesome on <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/LRejX7WZi1Bgz8xK9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">satellite view<\/a>). Even more of a bonus, the spot where Hank Aaron hit his historic 715th Home Run continued to be commemorated. Aaron accomplished that feat in 1974, surpassing the lifetime record of Babe Ruth, when Aaron hit a ball over an outfield fence and into the Braves&#8217; bullpen. The memorial in the parking lot replicated the fence and the bullpen at the exact spot where it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I realized that marker made little sense to much of 12MC&#8217;s international audience. Just understand that a really great sporting event happened there and its preservation was a nice touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yankee Stadium; The Bronx, New York, USA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/benyankee\/5839336193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5279\/5839336193_f120b39704_b.jpg\" alt=\"Once a ballpark, now just a park. Photo by Benjamin Kabak; (CC BY-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York Yankees baseball team played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx from 1923 until 2008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/GSmNLFv7P5XGTK6UA\">map<\/a>). The team left for a new Yankee Stadium on an adjacent lot. Then the city demolished the old stadium and created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/04\/06\/nyregion\/heritage-field-opens-near-yankee-stadium.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heritage Field<\/a> on the same footprint. As the New York Times described it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;&#8230; nearly every inch, from the pavement stones underfoot to the three natural grass ball fields, has been elaborately designed to pay homage to the Yankees and their celebrated former home. Even the sod is the same that the Yankees, professional baseball\u2019s biggest spender, chose for their new stadium&#8230; Even the old diamond and outfield have been saved, delineated with five-foot-wide swaths of blue polymer fiber stitched into the sod by a Desso Grassmaster machine that had to be shipped over from the Netherlands.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Now amateur and high school baseball clubs from all over the city stand where some of the greatest professionals once played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milwaukee County Stadium; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ensignbeedrill\/27471837910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7354\/27471837910_ba4e7c569b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Helfaer Field. Photo by Rough Tough, Real Stuff; (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Combine the idea of a parking lot and a small ball field on an original footprint, and that became the fate of Milwaukee County Stadium. Miller Park replaced it in 2000 on an adjacent parcel. Although large surface parking lots grew completely around Miller Park, the former spot of Milwaukee County Stadium became a baseball field. It took the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/brewers\/ballpark\/helfaer-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helfaer Field<\/a> with room for 500 spectators in its bleacher seats. People can rent it for &#8220;softball, youth baseball, kickball, tailgates, meetings and much more.&#8221; It looked pretty good on <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/FacbnVye86qvBL3eA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satellite view<\/a> sitting there, surrounded by parking lots, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memorial Stadium; University of Minnesota, USA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3A2009-0603-01-MN-McNamaraMemorial.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/bc\/2009-0603-01-MN-McNamaraMemorial.jpg\/900px-2009-0603-01-MN-McNamaraMemorial.jpg\" alt=\"McNamara Memorial. Photo by Bobak Ha'Eri (Own work) [CC BY 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota played (American) football at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis from 1924 to 1981. They completely obliterated the stadium afterwards. An alumni center filled its former spot (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/B9BQd4i32VBVQchz5\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However one vital feature remained, its entry arch, inside of the alumni center. People could still walk through the old entryway, although its passage no longer led to a gridiron. Instead it opened into a large room called the <a href=\"https:\/\/mac-events.org\/about\/heritagegallery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heritage Gallery<\/a>, &#8220;a multimedia museum &#8230; [that] honors the accomplishments of University of Minnesota alumni, faculty, students and staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waverley Park; Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d5146.991444332508!2d145.188704!3d-37.925642!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x6949eb9a2d4f8917!2sWaverley%20Park!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1621337166691!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found faded stadium footprints outside of the United States too. A prime example sat in Australia. Waverley Park in Mulgrave, Victoria once hosted up to seventy thousand Australian rules football fans. Concentric ring roads circled the demolished stadium, part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/waverleypark.mirvac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">masterplanned community<\/a>, with a grassy centerpiece remaining at the spot of the original stadium now serving as a practice facility,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Today, as Hawthorn football players train on the oval, the sound of boots striking balls evokes memories of a sporting past. For some, the \u2018Hawks\u2019 are simply part of the scenery, for others they bring new meaning to \u2018backyard footy\u2019, with star players running junior clinics for tomorrow\u2019s footy legends. Residents of Oval Front Homes have box seats, cheering on from their balconies during practice matches and training.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The original stadium no longer existed although a grandstand at one end still held room for a couple of thousand spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cathkin Park; Glasgow, Scotland, UK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tombrogan\/3297382537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3487\/3297382537_60fb0536b7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Cathkin Park. Photo by Tom Brogan; (CC BY-ND 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I found a particularly early example in Scotland, a football (soccer) stadium called Cathkin Park in Glasgow. Professional football there dated back to 1884 when the Queen&#8217;s Park club called it home. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thirdlanarkac.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Third Lanark<\/a> took over in 1903 and remained there for more than sixty years until the team folded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Sadly there are no fond memories for Third Lanark fans of that era. They were shattered to witness the Cathkin gates being closed for the final time on 30th June 1967.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of the stadium was removed as it fell into disrepair (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/siiC97gYG9QVDBYm7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). However, terraces ringing three sides of the stadium remained in place, as did the old field. 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