Kansas City Municipal Stadium – Muehlebach, Ruppert, and Blues

The entrance to the Kansas City Municipal Stadium

Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium was the primary sports venue for the city for 50 years. Opened in 1923, the ball field was home to both major league and minor league baseball, as well as Negro League baseball and professional football. At first a single-deck stadium, from 1923 to 1937 the ballpark was known as Muehlebach Field,…

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I Still Can’t Believe They Tore Down Tiger Stadium

From 1896 until 1999, professional baseball was played in Detroit at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Street, or as locals called it, “the Corner.” In the one hundred plus years of baseball at the Corner, there have been four different stadium incarnations. The first was Bennett Park, constructed of wood with room for…

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Montreal Stadium – Delorimier Downs

Montreal Stadium was located at the intersection of Rue Ontario and Avenue De Lorimier in Montreal. Constructed in 1928, the concrete and steel stadium was home to the International League Montreal Royals. The stadium also was known as Delorimier Stadium or Delorimier Downs because of its location on the avenue named in honor of French Canadian…

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Louisville’s Parkway Field and Cardinal Stadium

Parkway Field was located at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and South Brook Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Constructed in 1923 on land purchased from the University of Louisville, Parkway Field was the home ballpark of the Minor League American Association Louisville Colonels from 1923 until 1956. An earlier incarnation of the American Association Louisville Colonels played…

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Westport Stadium – Baltimore’s Last Negro League Ballpark

Westport Stadium was Baltimore’s last Negro League ballpark. Located in Westport, a Baltimore neighborhood just south of the intersection of I-95 and I-295, the ballpark was the home field of the 1950 Negro American League Baltimore Elite Giants. Previously, the Elite Giants had played their home games primarily at Bugle Field located in East Baltimore at the…

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Stade Du Parc Jarry, Also Known As Jarry Park Stadium

The Uniprix Stadium in the background

Jarry Park Stadium was located at 285 Rue Faillon (later renamed Rue Gary-Carter) in Montreal, approximately six miles southwest of downtown. From 1969 until 1976, it was the home of the National League Montreal Expos. The stadium was located in a public park known as Jarry Park (Parc Jarry in French) and started out as…

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Bloomington’s Metropolitan Stadium – MIA At The MOA

A postcard on the Metropolitan Stadium

Metropolitan Stadium was located in Bloomington, Minnesota, 15 miles south of Minneapolis and just south of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport off I-494. The ballpark was home to the American Association Minneapolis Millers from 1956 until 1960, the American League Minnesota Twins from 1961 to 1981, and the National Football League Minnesota Vikings from 1961 to…

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