Just to think, right where Macho Man Randy Savage landed a flying elbow on Ricky The Dragon Steamboat at WrestleMania III, there's an Amazon employee wondering where in life they went wrong.
Bro, this hits deep. I saw the US play Switzerland in the 94 world cup there. One of the greatest experiences of my life. Pontiac Silverdome. I also watched WrestleMania 3. Crazy
Tiger Stadium in Detroit still lives as a ballpark because the community kept cleaning up the site after the stadium was torn down and playing games on the field. It was finally redeveloped as Corner Ballpark. The flagpole from Tiger Stadium still stands there--it was never removed, and the playing surface is in the same spot it's been since 1912.
Reds fan here...I got to see a game at Tiger Stadium the last year it was in service. It was a Sunday game, the Orioles won iirc. The stadium was breathtaking...I could imagine AL legends shagging flies and rounding the bases. It was like traveling back in time and, were it not for some modern advertisements, I might have believed I'd slipped back 50 years. A true gem of a stadium. I'm glad I got to see a game there. And I'm glad to know that it lives on, in some form.
My dad used to take me there as a kid. You could see chunks of cement that had fell out of the second deck so you understood why they built Comerica but it was awesome watching guys like Tony Clark crush homers out of the stadium
Nice video, thank you. Very nostalgic. One thing I got from this was that, sadly, most of the old stadiums had proper names while their replacements are almost all corporate sponsorship names.
Inside a library on the University of Pittsburgh site where Forbes Field once stood, there is a cutout in the floor covered with glass, and under it was home plate approximately where it would have been on the playing field.
mall of America (where metropolitan stadium was) has a marker where Homeplate was and a chair on the opposite wall where Harmon Killebrew hit the furthest homerun in the stadiums history. Also the log chute is where one of the endzones were and where the "miracle at the met" happened
It’s a shame how the US destroys these famous stadiums. How cool would it be today to take a tour of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Or the original Yankee Stadium. It’d be like walking back in time. Just to name a couple.
When I went to Pitt in the 90s, the home plate was under glass in a long hallway. It wasn't a library at that point, and I had a night class in that building. I was the only person in that hallway one night and I went and pretended to be Roberto Clemente.
I lived about 15 miles from the SiverDome and liked it a lot. It was in pretty good shape when the Lions moved out. The main problem was that it was too big (88K?) and the Lions stunk. So, they would rarely fill it enough to be able to locally broadcast the games. The new Ford Field (65K?) is downtown and is a much cooler vibe/experience, IMO.
@@andrewonrecordSo he should have been able to predict the future? Then it would be saved like all the other stadiums that literally are the point of this video? 😂😅
As a German, I wasn't aware that there were so many great stadiums in the US that got demolished. It must be very sad for supporters to see a historic ground be demolished and forgotten. As an Alemannia Aachen supporter I feel with you...
Generally we hate it, there's this weird need that everything has to be modernized so these awesome older stadiums get demolished for new state of the art stadiums and the history history is gone.
It depends. Some of these older stadiums -- especially the concrete monstrosities from the 60s thru the 80s -- were awful and needed to go. Others were simply falling apart and not grand enough or historic enough to justify saving them. Americans have been guilty of eradicating some great old buildings, but most of these stadiums aren't really that missed. There are some exceptions though -- I think especially the early, inner city baseball parks and maybe some of the great old indoor arenas too -- are most missed. But personally I think most of the older NFL stadiums were not good arenas and are not missed. The main exception would be Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which would be greatly missed if it were ever demolished -- maybe Soldier Field in Chicago too. The college football stadiums are different. College football generally has greater historic significance than the NFL -- as do its stadiums, which are usually preserved.
A lot of these were built for both baseball and football. Dual purpose stadiums suck for both sports and have bad fan experience compared to a purpose built one
@@cliffpadilla5871 Such an idiotic take by Dolan. Like there's suddenly not going to be a demand to hold major events in NYC. A lot of those events just ended up at Barclays Center in Brookln instead.
Before sports franchises created and sold "naming rights" to highest bidders, stadiums had names that tied them to the communities they were part of. There was some sense of permanency about them. Now corporate names of stadiums seem to come and go every other year. Hard to pass the memories from one generation to the next...
Shea, the polo grounds, Comisky, Tiger stadium, all have an aura, a nostalgic ring to them that the Petco park, met life, and all these corporate names just don't have.
Especially when those corporate names seem to change every 5-6 yrs. It's ridiculous. I'm just glad they chose to save the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, so many childhood memories with my dad are there.
I miss the old names. You knew immediately what city and team some one was talking about. I literally have no idea who plays in the USBank stadium, Everbank Stadium, State Farm stadium, etc. It's absurd. I guess it's better than putting ads on uniforms like the MLB and NBA though.
Very interesting look back at the old ballparks. It's fun to see what the space is used for now. One fix I'd suggest is that the new Busch Stadium is not on the site of the old Busch Stadium. The new one is next door to where the old one used to be, similar to NY and other cities you featured, and the old stadium footprint is now Ballpark Village, a multi-use commercial development right across the street. Fun note: the ballparks overlapped slightly during construction, so they had to wait until the old ballpark was demolished to finish the new one. The old right field foul line is laid in brick in the concourse of the new ballpark where they overlapped.
And during the construction the foul pole for the new stadium was marked in the old stadium. The elevated staircases that still exist led directly into the stadium, not to nowhere like they do now. Clark Street, which now intersects Ballpark Village and the new Busch would have carved right through the middle of the old stadium.
The ones that struck me were Candlestick Park; The Catch happened in what is now a pile of dirt. And Shea Stadium; where The Beatles first played in a stadium and it’s now a parking spot. I don’t know why change and progress makes me so sad. A very well done video!
Candlestick park stuck out the most to me too. A multi purpose stadium for most of its life. The epitome of sustainable sports stadiums. Fairly close to public transit. Not outdated and little public clamoring for a new one. Now? It’ll stay vacant with Silicon Valley starting to crash. I hate the bay so much. The same people who cry sustainability are also the least when it comes to their actions.
It’s so sad to see the stadium filled with someone’s childhood and players dream getting destroyed. Emptiness between past and now is very heartbreaking
Shea Stadium is a great example. As a kid growing up in the 1960s, Shea became the House of Champions when the huge underdog Mets defeated the mighty Baltimore Orioles in 1969. Months earlier, the football Jets defeated the even more mighty Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. Shea Stadium, like the World Trade Center, was heavily criticized by the architectural crowd as ordinary steel and concrete in an era (1960s) when architecture and fashion generally weren't much to look at anyway. Shea Stadium, a magical place, gone forever, but never forgotten. Like the indomitable spirits of the late Tom Seaver and Bud Harrelson, and the 1969 and 1986 New York Mets, the magic of Shea Stadium will live forever!
Old stadiums are deteriorated and smelly. Who wants to spend half of their income to watch a game at an old outdated stadium? Some of the new indoor arenas are much nicer than the old ones that they replaced .
I've been to the Mall of America and I was at the home plate that had been at Metropolitan Stadium where Harmon Killebrew hit a home run and it hit a seat. The seat was saved. Also have been to Pontiac Silverdome, Tiger Stadium and Shea Stadium. Last was for a baseball game where the Mets thoroughly demolished the San Francisco Giants, twelve to two.
The amusement park in Mall of America is where the actual playing field was. The seat is on the wall where it originally was in the stadium and also a home plate in the floor where actual home plate was . Harmon Kilabrew hit the home run. Not sure how his last name is spelled .
Another old ball park that still exists as a place to play ball is League Park in Cleveland, where Joe Jackson and Tris Speaker thrilled Indians fans for years.
The Green Bay Packers used to play a couple home games a year at Milwaukee County Stadium. It was torn down and is now used as a parking lot for American Family Field.
It'll always be Miller Park to us, and we won't go to a brewers game since they eliminated the Packer away games. Then, they forced a tax on the surrounding counties for 25 years. Brewers suck and so does the new stadium. County stadium was awesome. I'll drive to Wrigleyville and watch the Cubs lose before I'll go to a brewers game, now THAT'S a stadium
So many famous games/plays happened in these places. Not an exhaustive list: The catch The original Hail Mary The drive The fumble Hank Aaron’s record home run. Willie Mays’ over the shoulder WS catch Bill Mazeroski’s WS winning home run Dolphins and Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl So much history- thank you.
Fulton County still tugs the heartstrings. There was a lot of criticism of the "cookie-cutter" baseball stadiums of that era at the time, but there was something special about them.
Some of those stadiums had spectators sitting a mile from the field. Or, in Tiger Stadium's case, behind steel girders. And that was still OK. And side note: the center field flag pole is still in its original position at Tiger Stadium. And the surrounding Corktown area is coming back to life in a big way.
I loved this. Kesar stadium in S.F. was my favorite. My mom took me to my first NFL game. 49ers vs Falcons. Niners won 24-20. Bench seating. Also the field Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry shoots bad guy Scorpio.Classic.
Current Busch Stadium was not built in the exact location of Busch Memorial Stadium. They were offset by a city block or so, demolishing Busch Memorial to just make room for the left and center outfield wall and seats. The old footprint of Busch Memorial also includes Ballpark Village, various restaurants/stores, and 3 small parking lots.
Thank you for this. Suggestion: For people like me who study then and now photo's, it is best to get a view spanning out so we can see the landmarks around the stadium, and how they changed or remained over the years.
Of course not all old stadiums can stay around forever. But I appreciate the ones where they have somehow represented the old stadium, the footprint, or the field, in whatever new thing came next.
As a 34 year old, I think what disheartens me is the lack of unique names for today’s stadiums. Nowadays they’re all named after corporate entities. In my eyes, much of the mystique and legacy of the old stadiums come from the stadium names themselves. I sure miss my Tiger Stadium in Detroit 💙😢
I always like it when they acknowledge the old stadium and history. Like outlining the parking lot showing where the playing field used to be. The Mall of America is where the Twins' old ballpark used to be, and they have a marking on the floor where home plate was, as well as the seat mounted on a wall showing the farthest ball ever hit in the stadium.
Im a White Sox fan, Comiskey Park, shown in this video. They've done a number of things. 1) Home Plate and batters box. 2) Foul lines. But most people dont see 3) the northern concourse ramp - curves the same way in the same spot as Old Comiskey. Even veers away from 35th like Comiskey did too.
This a great list of Demolished NFL Stadiums Then and Now. Good to know and show the images of demolished NFL/MLB stadiums and college football stadiums too. These are greatest memories ever and always remember the time the fans attended to these stadiums to see the NFL/MLB and college football games. What a memory! 💯👍👌😊❤️🏈⚾️🇺🇸
The goal was to build the stadium next door so that a team would not have to temporarily relocate as they would have if the old was simply torn down and the new erected on that site. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium for a year or two in the 70s while making extensive renovations to old Yankee Stadium; not many cities have a second facility that can temporarily host a pro team.
The Minnesota Vikings & Seattle Seahawks played games at nearby college stadiums while a new stadium was being built on the site of the old one. I counted 8 demolished stadiums which became mostly parking lots for an adjoining newer stadium.
@@713davidh42 That worked out very well for the University of Minnesota. They leased it to the Vikings for two years and as part of the deal, they got an upgraded video board and a heated field.
I've driven by the Cowboys' old stadium numerous times. It's kinda sad seeing such a well connected part of the city go to waste. Maybe the University of Dallas just across Loop 12 could make use of it one day? I dunno.
What that means is that either the owners of the lands are asking too much to make development feasible, or the politicians are being a-holes about deciding what to do with the lots.
@@gregb6469 Candlestick Park is one sucky location for weather. Fog loves to roll in there during most of the year. During the winter, the playing field would suck as it was actually below sea level. So I can see why redeveloping it is on the slow track.
Yes, that is a mini Mile High Stadium in the Broncos parking lot. There is still a marker there for home plate when the Rockies opened in Mile High Just got back from Denver 08/11. We went by Mile High to check it out before the Braves vs Rockies game. Whoever takes care of the mini-Mile High should be ashamed of themselves. They let that go. I mean it is now shit. All those cool old Mile High Stadium seats wasting away, paint peeling, rusted. Soon the mini Stadium will have to be demolished
Cleveland First Energy Stadium is in the same exact spot as the old Cleveland Municipal stadium. Municipal stadium opened in 1931 and was demolished in 1997 after the Browns were moved to Baltimore, and is on the national registry of historic places.
Of all of these, the only one I'd actually ever been to was the Hoosier/RCA Dome. Not only had I been to it, I actually got to walk on the field a few times, as I was a student staff member of my local high school varsity football team. Twice, our team was scheduled to play in the dome as part of the regular season (once per season), and after the game both teams would congratulate each other on a good game played. After Lucas Oil Stadium was built, the Dome was demolished and the land was used to expand the existing convention center. I've been in the new area a few times when I went to Gen Con, which is hosted there. So I've been there before and after. I have fond memories of the old place, but I can't deny that Lucas Oil Stadium is a much better facility, and the new section of the convention center is nice too.
As a kid I actually was able to walk on the field at Tulane Stadium the day before the Saints inaugural game in 1967. They played the Rams. Notice how the field also had the opponent's name in one end zone...
The quad was dedicated as an intramural field in 1995. I kicked a 20 yard FG off a tee, then came up a hair short from 40. Yulman just to the north is a nice place to see a game. It slightly overlaps Tulane Stadium. You exit by walking under the Reily Center.
Veterans Stadium now a parking lot for Citizens Park. That's just your obvious example. For the record,I watched The Vet being demolished on TV and I literally bawled my eyes out.
My only real complaint is that more than half the comparisons are from either 1/2 or the opposite view of the original picture. For instance the Orange Bowl picture was from the east side while Loan Depot park's picture was from the west as an example. As for the quality is pretty good.
I'm still sad about Jack Murphy in SD- saw pink floyd there and watched Marshall Faulk play many times from the nose bleeds with my brother. Had a lot of fun watching the Aztecs play from shady, covered seats when we got older and had more money.
Most Aztec games are at night and there wasn’t that many more shaded seats at the Q than there are at Snapdragon. One opening day that was unseasonably hot does not a future make
@@stevencramsie9172 haha sorry this is late-- went to a lot of games in September so sun was definitely still out in the nose bleeds! I was comparing with that not with the new stadium 😁
Candlestick park. So many memories with my brother, friends and Dad. We had season tickets starting from 2007-14. Going from seeing the 49ers losing almost every game to Super Bowl contenders was amazing. I remember before going to our secret free parking spot, we’d stop by Piccolo Pete’s for some bomb sandwiches. Damn, those were much simpler times
Just to point out the 2 Philadelphia stadiums (JFK Stadium & Veterans Stadium), all 3 of the original stadiums/arenas in that area are all gone(when you include The Spectrum) and replaced by Citizens Bank Park(Phillies), Lincoln Financial Field(Eagles) and Wells Fargo Center(Flyers/Sixers) and the areas where the old buildings were were repurposed. Where the Spectrum stood is now Xfinity Live which is an entertainment center/restaurant/and bar. The Vet and JFK stadium as shown were turned into CBP's main parking lot and the Wells Fargo Center. Also, of the one's shown in this video I've been to The Vet/JFK Stadium(oddly enough for concerts only) and Busch Stadium in St. Louis. I also find it amazing how every single stadium except for 2 the land was either repurposed into either another sports venue or something else. The only exceptions were Candlestick Park(where the Beatles played their final concert) and Texas Stadium. Both are wastelands now.
As someone from Philadelphia the Vet was my father's favorite stadium he owns a piece of the rubble from the stadium after it was torn down, and not only was it the home of the Eagles but the Phillies, the Phillies, & A also used to play at Shibe park too. While the Wells Fargo Center is the current home of the Flyers & Sixers and yes the Eagles also used to play there too but they also use to play at Penn field at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ssn Diego Stadium. Also known by Jack Murphy and Quallcom. I watched my first motocross race there in 2002, saw my fifth monster jam. Was there for the last Padre game in Quallcom before they moved to Petco. Also volunteered there when the big fire of 2003 happened.
I remember as a kid going to the old Orange Bowl with my Dad watching many Dolphins games in the 70s and 80s along with the Hurricanes too. It was old and needed many repairs but it definitely had character and was very loud when the fans were cheering. I watched it being torn down it was eventually going to happen but still was a sad day. RIP Orange Bowl thanks for the memories 🍊🏈
I got to watch the Colts play one of their last games as the Baltimore Colts at Memorial Stadium. I also watched countless Orioles games there as well.
I'll never forget the first time I walked into veterans stadium. Ya really can't tell from outside...but when you walk through a tunnel to the inside...I was awestruck at how enormous it was
@@pitis2flie it was insanely huge lol I didn't know either till I walked through that tunnel when I was a kid...nobody gave me a heads up in the car on the ride there lol
Tulane Stadium scene was from opening day 9/17/1967, Saints inaugural season .. I was there in the south end zone, the only part not double-decked... .there were hegdes at that end.. a few players got their heads stuck in them over the years, after catching a TD pass in the back of the end zone ..Rams won 27-13. Rookie WR John Gilliam ran the opening kickoff back 101 yards for Saints first TD. .. we were 5-1 in pre-season, losing only to the Rams in Anaheim Stadium, 16-7, in the first game.
I have good memories about a couple of these places. I saw a Rod Stewart concert at the old Tampa stadium in December 1985 and I was fortunate enough to be present at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on April 8, 1974 when Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking the then-record held by Babe Ruth. I also watched them tear down the old SDCCU/Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. But I have never been to an NFL game.
What about Cleveland Stadium, War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, Frank Youell Field in Oakland, Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, Baker Bowl in Philadelphia or Yankee Stadium?
Love the "Then/Now" shots, except that Busch Stadium and Foxboro Stadium were NOT built on top of for the new stadiums. In the parking lot of Gillette Stadium is the outline of Foxboro Stadium. Busch was built nextdoor to the old stadium too.
When you're on the third football stadium (Tiger Stadium, Pontiac Silverdome, Ford Field) and third hockey arena (Olympia, Joe Louis, Little Caesars) it means old age has arrived. 😟
Crosley Field in Cincinnati is also a good one. It was the Reds Stadium before Riverfront Stadium. Beautiful little park. Now it's a small industrial park. Crosley Field home plate is marked on Google Maps.
Georgia Dome, Silverdome, RCA Dome, Metrodome, and Kingdome. Maybe Qualcomm. I’m a monster truck fan, and those are legendary grounds. I’m glad that the Astrodome was saved, not only, preserving monster truck history, but even just sports history in general. I hope other older stadiums like Angel Stadium stay around for many a year to come.
If you’re interested in why they have the bass path laid out where the old Fulton County Stadium was, it’s because it shows how the actual field was laid out and also shows the point where Gank Aaron’s record-breaking home run ball hit, when he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record.
I got to walk and play on the field of Texas Stadium literal months before it got demolished. I was 8. Legitimately a highlight of my childhood getting to catch a TD pass from my dad in an NFL stadium. Surreal to think there’s nothing there now.
@@chickey333 The site has looked like that since the stadium was demolished back in 2010. The stadium was surrounded on all sides by highways and over the past decade the Texas Department of Transportation has used the area as a staging site for major highway projects in the area. It will of course eventually be redeveloped.
@@jesses5463 Thank you... usually it doesn't take long for another developer to pounce on a piece of property like that. I'm sure it hasn't happened there yet for any number of reasons. Interesting to note that the former Candlestick Park property is also still barren wasteland.
All of these new stadiums with corporate sponsored names make me sick. There was a time when these stadiums felt like a part of our communities because they were given names that honored people or reflected the local culture. Now it's just a litany of ridiculous sounding insurance company and bank names that demonstrate how cynically sold-out our world truly is. Sad.
The Detroit Lions first played at University of Detroit Stadium. That was demolished after UD-Mercy discontinued football, but I believe is now a turf field for other UDM sports. As a side note, the basketball court at UDM Calihan Hall is named after Dick Vitale.
Loved Atl Fulton County Stadium, tampa stadium was excellent Please never touch legends of Fenway Park or Wrigley Field......they are true legendary historic places!! Thanks for the cool Video!!
My Grandfather was the sports editor for the Times Picayune for 36 years and was the first beat writer for the Saints. My dad tells me stories of going to many Sugar Bowls, and Super Bowl IV and IX and says that 2 of 3 greatest games he ever witnessed where in that stadium. Super Bowl IV (bc the Chiefs were not supposed to win), and the LSU v Tulane 1973. This Stadium was the largest stadium in the south let alone the SEC, for a long while seating capacity 86,000+ and only was past about 15 years after the school left the SEC. History : In 1973 Tulane had lost to LSU for 23 straight years, this game actually at the time was a true rivalry game played every year going back to when both programs started in 1893. Of course, LSU winning most of them. Before 1950 it was very back and forth with no school winning more that 2 maybe 3 years in a row, but in the 50 Tulane admin wanted to dedicate school resources to academics and by 1965 left the SEC. By 1973 as an independent the football program was looking bleak but had a magical run and was 8 and 2 going into the final game of the season against LSU. In front of an over capacity crowd my dad watch from the south endzone Tulane score the only two touchdowns finally beating the Tigers (14-0) something my dad only at 21 years of age at the time had never witnessed. I am a Tulane football season ticket holder, I pregame at The Boot, walk to the stadium through the Berger Family Lawn (LCB quad), Brown Quad and read the dedication plaque to old Tulane Stadium, go through the main gate, place my right had on the old concrete Pelican seal that was mounted over the Willow Street entrance and hope for good game and fun times and a hell of a hulabloo.
I love looking at the pictures of the old baseball stadiums in this video. The shape of the outfield walls were unique and it gave the game more character. I could not imagine playing at the Polo Grounds and then the next week playing at Yankee stadium. Playing the outfield would be totally different.
The new stadiums all seem to have that same cookie cutter design. A semicircular wall with only a ten foot height, with the minimum distance required by the league to make it easier to hit the ball out of the park. Part of how baseball evolved was from the complete lack of a standard configuration. Of course now, the field is so small that a player can throw the ball from one end of the stadium to the other. I say baseball needs a large field shaped like the Polo Grounds, but 600’ to straight away center field.
It was sad to see the Silverdome go but the Lions needed to move back to downtown Detroit. For those of you who don’t know the Pontiac Silverdome was nearly an hour away (or more depending on traffic) from downtown Detroit in the city of Pontiac. So the Lions were often bad so many people from the Detroit area south and west of the city didn’t want to drive all the way out to Pontiac to watch a bad team. So Ford Field was built to bring the Lions home to Detroit proper. Pontiac has fallen on hard times since the Lions moved so I’m glad they did something with the old Silverdome site to bring jobs to the area.
@@stormykeep9213 Yes indeed -- and now there's a light rail station near all three venues, am I correct? Obviously that light rail was put in to reduce traffic congestion.
Here's one that hosted pro football. That being Balboa Stadium on the San Diego High School campus. I attended one game there between University of San Diego High School (now Cathedral High School) and St. Augustine in 1977. That stadium was torn down due to earthquake standards. A 3,000 seat cement stadium is on that site now where San Diego High School plays football.
Which of these demolished stadiums was your favorite?
The Vet
The Orange Bowl and Texas Stadium, they were prominent filming locations for “Any Given Sunday”
The one that I didn’t see in your video… Cleveland Municipal Stadium/First Energy Stadium. ❤🤦🏼♂️
Tiger Stadium, but I admit I wasn’t old enough to see the Detroit Lions play there, just the Pontiac Silverdome.
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Just to think, right where Macho Man Randy Savage landed a flying elbow on Ricky The Dragon Steamboat at WrestleMania III, there's an Amazon employee wondering where in life they went wrong.
😂😂😂
Probably the best point I've ever heard made haha.
Probably more like wondering when master Bezos will let them have another bathroom break
@@VisualColloquialist Not on company time
Bro, this hits deep. I saw the US play Switzerland in the 94 world cup there. One of the greatest experiences of my life. Pontiac Silverdome. I also watched WrestleMania 3. Crazy
Tiger Stadium in Detroit still lives as a ballpark because the community kept cleaning up the site after the stadium was torn down and playing games on the field. It was finally redeveloped as Corner Ballpark. The flagpole from Tiger Stadium still stands there--it was never removed, and the playing surface is in the same spot it's been since 1912.
Reds fan here...I got to see a game at Tiger Stadium the last year it was in service. It was a Sunday game, the Orioles won iirc.
The stadium was breathtaking...I could imagine AL legends shagging flies and rounding the bases. It was like traveling back in time and, were it not for some modern advertisements, I might have believed I'd slipped back 50 years. A true gem of a stadium.
I'm glad I got to see a game there. And I'm glad to know that it lives on, in some form.
I attended a game there back in the late 70s
This is actually pretty cool.
Sitting in the bleachers for a night game with a "red hot" and a Vernor's while Herbie danced when he was grooming the base lines. Was fun.
My dad used to take me there as a kid. You could see chunks of cement that had fell out of the second deck so you understood why they built Comerica but it was awesome watching guys like Tony Clark crush homers out of the stadium
Nice video, thank you. Very nostalgic. One thing I got from this was that, sadly, most of the old stadiums had proper names while their replacements are almost all corporate sponsorship names.
Money talks
Agreed 100%. The old names generally reflected the communities or the history of the organization. I miss this.
Paul Brown Stadium recently changed to (Paycor) stadium 🏟 🙄
@@andrewbishop4447 a crime.
Everything is about money now
Inside a library on the University of Pittsburgh site where Forbes Field once stood, there is a cutout in the floor covered with glass, and under it was home plate approximately where it would have been on the playing field.
mall of America (where metropolitan stadium was) has a marker where Homeplate was and a chair on the opposite wall where Harmon Killebrew hit the furthest homerun in the stadiums history. Also the log chute is where one of the endzones were and where the "miracle at the met" happened
It’s a shame how the US destroys these famous stadiums. How cool would it be today to take a tour of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Or the original Yankee Stadium. It’d be like walking back in time. Just to name a couple.
@@wgcds7jyg897yea but it’s just not feasible
@@wgcds7jyg897 To be fair Ebbets Field was falling apart.
When I went to Pitt in the 90s, the home plate was under glass in a long hallway. It wasn't a library at that point, and I had a night class in that building. I was the only person in that hallway one night and I went and pretended to be Roberto Clemente.
My great uncle was the architect who designed the Pontiac Silverdome. Seeing it in such neglect was a pain to see before it was demolished for good.
Well he didn’t do a great job of designing it because the reason it closed was because it was missing a lot of modern day amenities
I lived about 15 miles from the SiverDome and liked it a lot. It was in pretty good shape when the Lions moved out. The main problem was that it was too big (88K?) and the Lions stunk. So, they would rarely fill it enough to be able to locally broadcast the games. The new Ford Field (65K?) is downtown and is a much cooler vibe/experience, IMO.
@@andrewonrecordDick!
@@andrewonrecordSo he should have been able to predict the future? Then it would be saved like all the other stadiums that literally are the point of this video? 😂😅
Wait, so your great uncle is C. Don Davidson?
Joe Louis Arena, Palace of Auburn Hills, Pontiac Silverdome, all great memories at all of them in Michigan ❤️
JLA was a piece of shit from what i heard. Too many stairs, cramped concourses, not enough restrooms. Should have never left Olympia.
As a German, I wasn't aware that there were so many great stadiums in the US that got demolished. It must be very sad for supporters to see a historic ground be demolished and forgotten. As an Alemannia Aachen supporter I feel with you...
Generally we hate it, there's this weird need that everything has to be modernized so these awesome older stadiums get demolished for new state of the art stadiums and the history history is gone.
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It depends. Some of these older stadiums -- especially the concrete monstrosities from the 60s thru the 80s -- were awful and needed to go. Others were simply falling apart and not grand enough or historic enough to justify saving them. Americans have been guilty of eradicating some great old buildings, but most of these stadiums aren't really that missed. There are some exceptions though -- I think especially the early, inner city baseball parks and maybe some of the great old indoor arenas too -- are most missed. But personally I think most of the older NFL stadiums were not good arenas and are not missed. The main exception would be Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which would be greatly missed if it were ever demolished -- maybe Soldier Field in Chicago too. The college football stadiums are different. College football generally has greater historic significance than the NFL -- as do its stadiums, which are usually preserved.
@@ednicholson7839Agreed. College Stadiums are the best!!
A lot of these were built for both baseball and football. Dual purpose stadiums suck for both sports and have bad fan experience compared to a purpose built one
MetLife shouldn't have sponsored the Jets/Giants stadium. They should have sponsored the Mets stadium. What a missed opportunity.
The Jets also should have pursued their Manhattan stadium so they wouldn't share the same ugly gray generic stadium
@NYG5 that was blocked by Dolan because he was afraid it would take events away from Madison Square Garden.
@@cliffpadilla5871 Such an idiotic take by Dolan. Like there's suddenly not going to be a demand to hold major events in NYC. A lot of those events just ended up at Barclays Center in Brookln instead.
@joemckim1183 and it was supposed to be on the area of the Jacob Javits Center, so it even got more events taken away from him 😂
Before sports franchises created and sold "naming rights" to highest bidders, stadiums had names that tied them to the communities they were part of. There was some sense of permanency about them. Now corporate names of stadiums seem to come and go every other year. Hard to pass the memories from one generation to the next...
Shea, the polo grounds, Comisky, Tiger stadium, all have an aura, a nostalgic ring to them that the Petco park, met life, and all these corporate names just don't have.
Especially when those corporate names seem to change every 5-6 yrs. It's ridiculous. I'm just glad they chose to save the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, so many childhood memories with my dad are there.
I have seen a lot of games at old Comisky and, aside from the sense of nostalgia, it was a dump.
@@Chrisuperfly1 it's about the names.
I miss the old names. You knew immediately what city and team some one was talking about.
I literally have no idea who plays in the USBank stadium, Everbank Stadium, State Farm stadium, etc.
It's absurd.
I guess it's better than putting ads on uniforms like the MLB and NBA though.
Very interesting look back at the old ballparks. It's fun to see what the space is used for now. One fix I'd suggest is that the new Busch Stadium is not on the site of the old Busch Stadium. The new one is next door to where the old one used to be, similar to NY and other cities you featured, and the old stadium footprint is now Ballpark Village, a multi-use commercial development right across the street. Fun note: the ballparks overlapped slightly during construction, so they had to wait until the old ballpark was demolished to finish the new one. The old right field foul line is laid in brick in the concourse of the new ballpark where they overlapped.
And during the construction the foul pole for the new stadium was marked in the old stadium. The elevated staircases that still exist led directly into the stadium, not to nowhere like they do now. Clark Street, which now intersects Ballpark Village and the new Busch would have carved right through the middle of the old stadium.
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
Joni Mitchell was way ahead of her time!
So we’re the counting crows. Lol
I had a dream about that song the other night. Guess my brain knew something I didn't.
@@kennethpowers82982 counting crows version is far superior to the original and I will die on that hill
And Amy Grant
The ones that struck me were Candlestick Park; The Catch happened in what is now a pile of dirt. And Shea Stadium; where The Beatles first played in a stadium and it’s now a parking spot.
I don’t know why change and progress makes me so sad.
A very well done video!
Ha! Not all change is progress.
Especially the ones that weren't replaced with a new stadium ...
Which is why candlestick park and texas stadium looks more like barren wasteland
Candlestick park stuck out the most to me too. A multi purpose stadium for most of its life. The epitome of sustainable sports stadiums. Fairly close to public transit. Not outdated and little public clamoring for a new one.
Now? It’ll stay vacant with Silicon Valley starting to crash.
I hate the bay so much. The same people who cry sustainability are also the least when it comes to their actions.
@@jonathanpusar5931you got emotional and made things up in your comment. You’re from the bay for sure 😂😂😂
It’s so sad to see the stadium filled with someone’s childhood and players dream getting destroyed. Emptiness between past and now is very heartbreaking
Shea Stadium is a great example. As a kid growing up in the 1960s, Shea became the House of Champions when the huge underdog Mets defeated the mighty Baltimore Orioles in 1969. Months earlier, the football Jets defeated the even more mighty Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. Shea Stadium, like the World Trade Center, was heavily criticized by the architectural crowd as ordinary steel and concrete in an era (1960s) when architecture and fashion generally weren't much to look at anyway. Shea Stadium, a magical place, gone forever, but never forgotten. Like the indomitable spirits of the late Tom Seaver and Bud Harrelson, and the 1969 and 1986 New York Mets, the magic of Shea Stadium will live forever!
What are you talking about?
Old stadiums are deteriorated and smelly. Who wants to spend half of their income to watch a game at an old outdated stadium? Some of the new indoor arenas are much nicer than the old ones that they replaced .
When you latch on to the pass… ya dead
@@thunderboltpenetrator8498 Couldn't agree more
I can still hear Pat Summerall saying the names of these old stadiums. Brings back good memories.
I've been to the Mall of America and I was at the home plate that had been at Metropolitan Stadium where Harmon Killebrew hit a home run and it hit a seat. The seat was saved. Also have been to Pontiac Silverdome, Tiger Stadium and Shea Stadium. Last was for a baseball game where the Mets thoroughly demolished the San Francisco Giants, twelve to two.
Please post positive proof pronto
Pics pleasantly preferred
the seat is literaly bolted to where it sat.@@josephambrose2852
The amusement park in Mall of America is where the actual playing field was. The seat is on the wall where it originally was in the stadium and also a home plate in the floor where actual home plate was . Harmon Kilabrew hit the home run. Not sure how his last name is spelled .
Who?
I loved that Tiger Stadium and Memorial stadium still "exist" to honor all the memories.
Tiger Stadium was demolished over 10 years ago
@@TheDboy82 I think their point was it’s now “The Corner” ballpark and that was Tiger Stadiums nickname. It’s a memorial
Another old ball park that still exists as a place to play ball is League Park in Cleveland, where Joe Jackson and Tris Speaker thrilled Indians fans for years.
The Green Bay Packers used to play a couple home games a year at Milwaukee County Stadium. It was torn down and is now used as a parking lot for American Family Field.
And a little league park sits on the site too
Good call, I noticed County Stadium was left out.
To think that AFL franchise was considered in Milwaukee.
It'll always be Miller Park to us, and we won't go to a brewers game since they eliminated the Packer away games. Then, they forced a tax on the surrounding counties for 25 years. Brewers suck and so does the new stadium. County stadium was awesome. I'll drive to Wrigleyville and watch the Cubs lose before I'll go to a brewers game, now THAT'S a stadium
County Stadium was an absolute hell hole
Not that there's anything wrong with that
So many famous games/plays happened in these places.
Not an exhaustive list:
The catch
The original Hail Mary
The drive
The fumble
Hank Aaron’s record home run.
Willie Mays’ over the shoulder WS catch
Bill Mazeroski’s WS winning home run
Dolphins and Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl
So much history- thank you.
Don't forget that the Orange Bowl was where the Jets beat the Colts in SBIII.
Not to mention the concerts....
Live Aid at JFK Stadium
The Beatles at Shea Stadium
The Beatles final US concert - Candlestick Park
The drive was in cleveland stadium, which didn’t make the video for some reason.
Lance Alworth
Kezar Field (49ers) where DE Jim Marshall of the visiting Minnesota Vikings had his famous "wrong way run" in 1964
At the site of Fulton county stadium, the outfield walls were left standing and there is a marker where Hank Aaron hit his 714th HR.
He tied Babe Ruth's record at Riverfront (714) and broke it at Fulton County Stadium (715). The plaque commemorates him breaking the record.
My uncle showed me that back in the day when he took me to a Braves game.
I parked my car there once. Thank God Fenway park still stands.
Absolute disgrace that you have to navigate a car sewer to get to it.
Fulton County still tugs the heartstrings. There was a lot of criticism of the "cookie-cutter" baseball stadiums of that era at the time, but there was something special about them.
Some of those stadiums had spectators sitting a mile from the field. Or, in Tiger Stadium's case, behind steel girders. And that was still OK.
And side note: the center field flag pole is still in its original position at Tiger Stadium. And the surrounding Corktown area is coming back to life in a big way.
It looks like a really nice way to use the grounds.
Detroit is 🗑️.
I miss Comiskey Park and Chicago Stadium.
Lots of good times had at both places.
The Madhouse on Madison RIP
I loved this. Kesar stadium in S.F. was my favorite. My mom took me to my first NFL game. 49ers vs Falcons. Niners won 24-20. Bench seating. Also the field Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry shoots bad guy Scorpio.Classic.
Current Busch Stadium was not built in the exact location of Busch Memorial Stadium. They were offset by a city block or so, demolishing Busch Memorial to just make room for the left and center outfield wall and seats. The old footprint of Busch Memorial also includes Ballpark Village, various restaurants/stores, and 3 small parking lots.
Yeah, that’s the one note I wanted to add. You nailed it.
Thank you for this. Suggestion: For people like me who study then and now photo's, it is best to get a view spanning out so we can see the landmarks around the stadium, and how they changed or remained over the years.
And city. I know most of them but not all.
Of course not all old stadiums can stay around forever. But I appreciate the ones where they have somehow represented the old stadium, the footprint, or the field, in whatever new thing came next.
As a 34 year old, I think what disheartens me is the lack of unique names for today’s stadiums. Nowadays they’re all named after corporate entities. In my eyes, much of the mystique and legacy of the old stadiums come from the stadium names themselves. I sure miss my Tiger Stadium in Detroit 💙😢
Great work on this video! Some of these bring back great memories.
I always like it when they acknowledge the old stadium and history. Like outlining the parking lot showing where the playing field used to be. The Mall of America is where the Twins' old ballpark used to be, and they have a marking on the floor where home plate was, as well as the seat mounted on a wall showing the farthest ball ever hit in the stadium.
Im a White Sox fan, Comiskey Park, shown in this video. They've done a number of things. 1) Home Plate and batters box. 2) Foul lines. But most people dont see 3) the northern concourse ramp - curves the same way in the same spot as Old Comiskey. Even veers away from 35th like Comiskey did too.
Yes. In the parking lot where The Vet once stood, there are markers where the bases were and for the field goal posts.
In the old Forbes field one, Home plate still resides in the Pitt building.
This a great list of Demolished NFL Stadiums Then and Now. Good to know and show the images of demolished NFL/MLB stadiums and college football stadiums too. These are greatest memories ever and always remember the time the fans attended to these stadiums to see the NFL/MLB and college football games. What a memory! 💯👍👌😊❤️🏈⚾️🇺🇸
Historical videos like this are always cool to watch
Noticed a lot of the old stadiums became parking lots for the new stadium
The goal was to build the stadium next door so that a team would not have to temporarily relocate as they would have if the old was simply torn down and the new erected on that site. The Yankees played at Shea Stadium for a year or two in the 70s while making extensive renovations to old Yankee Stadium; not many cities have a second facility that can temporarily host a pro team.
The Minnesota Vikings & Seattle Seahawks played games at nearby college stadiums while a new stadium was being built on the site of the old one. I counted 8 demolished stadiums which became mostly parking lots for an adjoining newer stadium.
San Diego State played up in LA for a season or two while Snapdragon was being built.
@@713davidh42 That worked out very well for the University of Minnesota. They leased it to the Vikings for two years and as part of the deal, they got an upgraded video board and a heated field.
@@visarr Did the Aztecs always play in the same stadium as the Chargers?
Funny that the former sites of the Cowboys and 49ers stadiums have literally nothing there now.
I've driven by the Cowboys' old stadium numerous times. It's kinda sad seeing such a well connected part of the city go to waste. Maybe the University of Dallas just across Loop 12 could make use of it one day? I dunno.
Especially given the fact that Candlestick Park was the last place the Beatles were ever in concert.
What that means is that either the owners of the lands are asking too much to make development feasible, or the politicians are being a-holes about deciding what to do with the lots.
@@gregb6469 Candlestick Park is one sucky location for weather. Fog loves to roll in there during most of the year. During the winter, the playing field would suck as it was actually below sea level. So I can see why redeveloping it is on the slow track.
@NJ CardFan Why did they name it Candlestick park?
I loved this video! Well made and researched!!!
Thank you!!!
Yes, that is a mini Mile High Stadium in the Broncos parking lot. There is still a marker there for home plate when the Rockies opened in Mile High
Just got back from Denver 08/11. We went by Mile High to check it out before the Braves vs Rockies game. Whoever takes care of the mini-Mile High should be ashamed of themselves. They let that go. I mean it is now shit. All those cool old Mile High Stadium seats wasting away, paint peeling, rusted. Soon the mini Stadium will have to be demolished
Was going to ask that...cool!
Cleveland First Energy Stadium is in the same exact spot as the old Cleveland Municipal stadium. Municipal stadium opened in 1931 and was demolished in 1997 after the Browns were moved to Baltimore, and is on the national registry of historic places.
I never knew it was on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Thanks for the info.
Of all of these, the only one I'd actually ever been to was the Hoosier/RCA Dome. Not only had I been to it, I actually got to walk on the field a few times, as I was a student staff member of my local high school varsity football team. Twice, our team was scheduled to play in the dome as part of the regular season (once per season), and after the game both teams would congratulate each other on a good game played.
After Lucas Oil Stadium was built, the Dome was demolished and the land was used to expand the existing convention center. I've been in the new area a few times when I went to Gen Con, which is hosted there. So I've been there before and after. I have fond memories of the old place, but I can't deny that Lucas Oil Stadium is a much better facility, and the new section of the convention center is nice too.
To all who helped create this great presentation: Thank you!
As a kid I actually was able to walk on the field at Tulane Stadium the day before the Saints inaugural game in 1967. They played the Rams. Notice how the field also had the opponent's name in one end zone...
A few Super Bowls were played there. SBIV(Chiefs/Vikings), VI(Cowboys/Dolphins) & IX(Stealers/Vikings).
The opening kickoff in that Rams Saints game was returned 94 yards for a touchdown
The quad was dedicated as an intramural field in 1995. I kicked a 20 yard FG off a tee, then came up a hair short from 40.
Yulman just to the north is a nice place to see a game. It slightly overlaps Tulane Stadium. You exit by walking under the Reily Center.
Forgot about Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The original Dawg Pound.
Technically Busch moved a little over a bit and became part of ballpark village and the new stadium moved closer to the interstate 64
Veterans Stadium now a parking lot for Citizens Park. That's just your obvious example. For the record,I watched The Vet being demolished on TV and I literally bawled my eyes out.
My only real complaint is that more than half the comparisons are from either 1/2 or the opposite view of the original picture. For instance the Orange Bowl picture was from the east side while Loan Depot park's picture was from the west as an example. As for the quality is pretty good.
I'm still sad about Jack Murphy in SD- saw pink floyd there and watched Marshall Faulk play many times from the nose bleeds with my brother. Had a lot of fun watching the Aztecs play from shady, covered seats when we got older and had more money.
Most Aztec games are at night and there wasn’t that many more shaded seats at the Q than there are at Snapdragon. One opening day that was unseasonably hot does not a future make
Also where Tony Gwynn played his whole career. Last time I was in that stadium was about 3-4 years ago. It was in really bad shape.
@@stevencramsie9172 haha sorry this is late-- went to a lot of games in September so sun was definitely still out in the nose bleeds! I was comparing with that not with the new stadium 😁
Candlestick park. So many memories with my brother, friends and Dad. We had season tickets starting from 2007-14. Going from seeing the 49ers losing almost every game to Super Bowl contenders was amazing. I remember before going to our secret free parking spot, we’d stop by Piccolo Pete’s for some bomb sandwiches. Damn, those were much simpler times
So sad that both candlestick and Pete’s are no longer
Just to point out the 2 Philadelphia stadiums (JFK Stadium & Veterans Stadium), all 3 of the original stadiums/arenas in that area are all gone(when you include The Spectrum) and replaced by Citizens Bank Park(Phillies), Lincoln Financial Field(Eagles) and Wells Fargo Center(Flyers/Sixers) and the areas where the old buildings were were repurposed. Where the Spectrum stood is now Xfinity Live which is an entertainment center/restaurant/and bar. The Vet and JFK stadium as shown were turned into CBP's main parking lot and the Wells Fargo Center. Also, of the one's shown in this video I've been to The Vet/JFK Stadium(oddly enough for concerts only) and Busch Stadium in St. Louis. I also find it amazing how every single stadium except for 2 the land was either repurposed into either another sports venue or something else. The only exceptions were Candlestick Park(where the Beatles played their final concert) and Texas Stadium. Both are wastelands now.
Forgot Connie Mack Stadium (This video calls it Shibe Park)
@@RedArrow73it was originally called Shibe Park. It didn't become Connie Mack Stadium until the 50's
@@RedArrow73 there's a church where that stood at 21st and Lehigh. And as said the original name was Shibe Park.
I went to Forbes field as a kid to see the Pirates play. Willie Stargell, Bill Mazeroski...........
As someone from Philadelphia the Vet was my father's favorite stadium he owns a piece of the rubble from the stadium after it was torn down, and not only was it the home of the Eagles but the Phillies, the Phillies, & A also used to play at Shibe park too. While the Wells Fargo Center is the current home of the Flyers & Sixers and yes the Eagles also used to play there too but they also use to play at Penn field at the University of Pennsylvania.
Great vid! Can you use any color but white for the font next time? 🎉
Thankful that Fenway is still around. They came very close to tearing it down in the 90s.
Ssn Diego Stadium. Also known by Jack Murphy and Quallcom. I watched my first motocross race there in 2002, saw my fifth monster jam. Was there for the last Padre game in Quallcom before they moved to Petco. Also volunteered there when the big fire of 2003 happened.
I remember as a kid going to the old Orange Bowl with my Dad watching many Dolphins games in the 70s and 80s along with the Hurricanes too. It was old and needed many repairs but it definitely had character and was very loud when the fans were cheering. I watched it being torn down it was eventually going to happen but still was a sad day. RIP Orange Bowl thanks for the memories 🍊🏈
I got to watch the Colts play one of their last games as the Baltimore Colts at Memorial Stadium. I also watched countless Orioles games there as well.
Wonderful video. Thanks.
I'll never forget the first time I walked into veterans stadium. Ya really can't tell from outside...but when you walk through a tunnel to the inside...I was awestruck at how enormous it was
I was honestly awe struck at how huge it looked in this video, via the picture used. I never knew how huge that place was.
@@pitis2flie it was insanely huge lol I didn't know either till I walked through that tunnel when I was a kid...nobody gave me a heads up in the car on the ride there lol
Been to the Vet once during it's final season. Not my cup of tea.
Last time I was in Philly I saw the Philadelphia Stars play in Veterans Stadium in the original USFL .
You sure you were at Veterans? You could have been at Three Rivers for all you know.
0:35 THAT HURTS..grew up literally a walk up the hill from Candlestick.
This video made me nostalgic for places that I’ve never even been. 😭
Tulane Stadium scene was from opening day 9/17/1967, Saints inaugural season ..
I was there in the south end zone, the only part not double-decked...
.there were hegdes at that end.. a few players got their heads stuck in them over the years, after catching a TD pass in the back of the end zone ..Rams won 27-13.
Rookie WR John Gilliam ran the opening kickoff back 101 yards for Saints first TD. .. we were 5-1 in pre-season, losing only to the Rams in Anaheim Stadium, 16-7, in the first game.
It would have been nice to have the ‘now’ pictures taken from the same angle as the previous ones. Some do but a lot can’t be surmised in the shots
They come pretty close. You can pause them and make out some of the roads to get your bearings.
I have good memories about a couple of these places. I saw a Rod Stewart concert at the old Tampa stadium in December 1985 and I was fortunate enough to be present at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on April 8, 1974 when Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking the then-record held by Babe Ruth. I also watched them tear down the old SDCCU/Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. But I have never been to an NFL game.
This is fascinating and brings back memories of these stadiums and what they’ve turned into.
I miss the old stadiums and their names.
The home depot backyard is just crazy
What about Cleveland Stadium, War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, Frank Youell Field in Oakland, Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, Baker Bowl in Philadelphia or Yankee Stadium?
Forgot about Cleveland Stadium, it was legendary..
Love the "Then/Now" shots, except that Busch Stadium and Foxboro Stadium were NOT built on top of for the new stadiums. In the parking lot of Gillette Stadium is the outline of Foxboro Stadium. Busch was built nextdoor to the old stadium too.
Yeah and Jack Murphy too..Snapdragon was built next to it
That was truly worth 8 minutes of my time. Thank you!
Wow 0:36 they wiped this stadium completely off the face of the earth. Its like it never existed
When you're on the third football stadium (Tiger Stadium, Pontiac Silverdome, Ford Field) and third hockey arena (Olympia, Joe Louis, Little Caesars) it means old age has arrived. 😟
Crosley Field in Cincinnati is also a good one. It was the Reds Stadium before Riverfront Stadium. Beautiful little park. Now it's a small industrial park. Crosley Field home plate is marked on Google Maps.
Fantastic video! Thanks for posting. 👍
Georgia Dome, Silverdome, RCA Dome, Metrodome, and Kingdome. Maybe Qualcomm. I’m a monster truck fan, and those are legendary grounds. I’m glad that the Astrodome was saved, not only, preserving monster truck history, but even just sports history in general. I hope other older stadiums like Angel Stadium stay around for many a year to come.
The dome at America center at st Louis is still operating
If you’re interested in why they have the bass path laid out where the old Fulton County Stadium was, it’s because it shows how the actual field was laid out and also shows the point where Gank Aaron’s record-breaking home run ball hit, when he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record.
Would that be a Bigmouth Billy Bass?
1:32 For New Englanders, this is godsend. Foxboro Stadium was a gigantic dump.
True, that. Huge improvement.
I got to walk and play on the field of Texas Stadium literal months before it got demolished. I was 8. Legitimately a highlight of my childhood getting to catch a TD pass from my dad in an NFL stadium. Surreal to think there’s nothing there now.
Aren't they building something else there now. Looks like it in the video. A Jerry Jones statue maybe.
@@chickey333 if they are, it’d be really far from the new stadium. They’re in different parts of Dallas
@@chickey333 The site has looked like that since the stadium was demolished back in 2010. The stadium was surrounded on all sides by highways and over the past decade the Texas Department of Transportation has used the area as a staging site for major highway projects in the area. It will of course eventually be redeveloped.
@@jesses5463 Thank you... usually it doesn't take long for another developer to pounce on a piece of property like that. I'm sure it hasn't happened there yet for any number of reasons. Interesting to note that the former Candlestick Park property is also still barren wasteland.
This was a cool video. I went to many games at Veteran's Stadium as a kid for the Phillies and Eagles.
All of these new stadiums with corporate sponsored names make me sick. There was a time when these stadiums felt like a part of our communities because they were given names that honored people or reflected the local culture. Now it's just a litany of ridiculous sounding insurance company and bank names that demonstrate how cynically sold-out our world truly is. Sad.
God forbid Big Pharma is ever allowed naming rights for 🏟
@@tashalynn29
Here comes the Cialisbowl.
When I think of Kezar Stadium, I think of the 1973 pic of Robert Plant holding a cigarette and a beer, and a dove landing on his right hand. :)
I think of Dirty Harry.
The Detroit Lions first played at University of Detroit Stadium. That was demolished after UD-Mercy discontinued football, but I believe is now a turf field for other UDM sports.
As a side note, the basketball court at UDM Calihan Hall is named after Dick Vitale.
Nice piece of sports history! Serves as a reminder that everything comes to an end.
Anyone who doesn't think corporate America has taken over only needs to look at the old names of these stadiums vrs the new names.
great video and good music!
That was a great video. I love seeing this type of thing. Thank you very much
shows how baseball in America is past its prime. Sad but true.
Unfortunately it’s been like that for the past 25 years or better. 😩
Thanks for posting this... I love where they kept the image of the infield in the parking lot... This is a simple measure that gives some context
I remember back in the day it was a CONFLICT OF INTEREST to have a corporation's name on a public stadium!
Badass video! Thank you!
Loved Atl Fulton County Stadium, tampa stadium was excellent
Please never touch legends of Fenway Park or Wrigley Field......they are true legendary historic places!!
Thanks for the cool Video!!
My Grandfather was the sports editor for the Times Picayune for 36 years and was the first beat writer for the Saints. My dad tells me stories of going to many Sugar Bowls, and Super Bowl IV and IX and says that 2 of 3 greatest games he ever witnessed where in that stadium. Super Bowl IV (bc the Chiefs were not supposed to win), and the LSU v Tulane 1973. This Stadium was the largest stadium in the south let alone the SEC, for a long while seating capacity 86,000+ and only was past about 15 years after the school left the SEC.
History :
In 1973 Tulane had lost to LSU for 23 straight years, this game actually at the time was a true rivalry game played every year going back to when both programs started in 1893. Of course, LSU winning most of them. Before 1950 it was very back and forth with no school winning more that 2 maybe 3 years in a row, but in the 50 Tulane admin wanted to dedicate school resources to academics and by 1965 left the SEC. By 1973 as an independent the football program was looking bleak but had a magical run and was 8 and 2 going into the final game of the season against LSU. In front of an over capacity crowd my dad watch from the south endzone Tulane score the only two touchdowns finally beating the Tigers (14-0) something my dad only at 21 years of age at the time had never witnessed. I am a Tulane football season ticket holder, I pregame at The Boot, walk to the stadium through the Berger Family Lawn (LCB quad), Brown Quad and read the dedication plaque to old Tulane Stadium, go through the main gate, place my right had on the old concrete Pelican seal that was mounted over the Willow Street entrance and hope for good game and fun times and a hell of a hulabloo.
I love looking at the pictures of the old baseball stadiums in this video. The shape of the outfield walls were unique and it gave the game more character. I could not imagine playing at the Polo Grounds and then the next week playing at Yankee stadium. Playing the outfield would be totally different.
Free home runs if you hit the ball right
The new stadiums all seem to have that same cookie cutter design.
A semicircular wall with only a ten foot height, with the minimum distance required by the league to make it easier to hit the ball out of the park.
Part of how baseball evolved was from the complete lack of a standard configuration.
Of course now, the field is so small that a player can throw the ball from one end of the stadium to the other.
I say baseball needs a large field shaped like the Polo Grounds, but 600’ to straight away center field.
Really liked this video. Maybe throw the dates down there next time with the before pics? Otherwise really loved this.
Hilarious that every few years an NFL team can hold a city at threat to move if they don't get a shiny new stadium tax payer funded.
It’s happening in Kansas City now.
And tell us we lose our rights when enter said stadium. That it’s private protest. Horse shit
And that will Never happen in Green Bay!
Excellent video. Great before and after.
All the history in those old stadiums. It's kinda sad.😥
Nicely done video. It makes me sad seeing all the stadiums of my youth gone
Would have been nice had you included locations and dates there, Mac.
Great video as a suggestion please put the names (of city’s) to the stadiums. I didn’t know where most of the old stadiums where!
Well said! 🙌🏻
It was sad to see the Silverdome go but the Lions needed to move back to downtown Detroit. For those of you who don’t know the Pontiac Silverdome was nearly an hour away (or more depending on traffic) from downtown Detroit in the city of Pontiac. So the Lions were often bad so many people from the Detroit area south and west of the city didn’t want to drive all the way out to Pontiac to watch a bad team. So Ford Field was built to bring the Lions home to Detroit proper. Pontiac has fallen on hard times since the Lions moved so I’m glad they did something with the old Silverdome site to bring jobs to the area.
So now people can more easily get to downtown Detroit to see a bad team play?
@@JanLarson hey they went 9-8 this year they were a decent team
I love how Ford Field, Comerica Park, and Little Caesar's Arena are all within walking distance of each other as well.
@@stormykeep9213 Yes indeed -- and now there's a light rail station near all three venues, am I correct? Obviously that light rail was put in to reduce traffic congestion.
@@JanLarson Lions are on the rise.
Here's one that hosted pro football. That being Balboa Stadium on the San Diego High School campus. I attended one game there between University of San Diego High School (now Cathedral High School) and St. Augustine in 1977. That stadium was torn down due to earthquake standards. A 3,000 seat cement stadium is on that site now where San Diego High School plays football.
Need to add War Memorial Stadium, original home of the Buffalo Bills