Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an oversized block officially called Venable Park, which was a former city park... Wikipedia

  • Address:  900 East 33rd Street
  • Location:  Baltimore, Maryland
  • Owner:  City of Baltimore
  • Operator:  Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Capacity:  31,000 (1950), 47,855 (1953), 53,371 (1991)
  • Field size:  Left Field – 309 ft, Left-Center – 446 ft (1954), 378 ft (1990), Center Field – 445 ft (1954), 405 ft (1980), Right-Center – 446 ft (1954), 378 ft (1990), Right Field – 309 ft
  • Surface:  Grass
  • Broke ground:  1921 (first version), 1949 (second version)
  • Opened:  December 2, 1922 (first version), April 20, 1950 (second version)
  • Closed:  December 14, 1997
  • Demolished:  April 2001–February 15, 2002
  • Construction cost:  US$6.5 million, ($ in 2015 dollars)
  • Architect:  Hall, Border, and Donaldson
  • Structural engineer:  R. E. L. Williams (building construction), Faisant and Kooken (consulting)
  • General contractor:  DeLucca-Davis & Carozza/Joseph F. Hughes
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo