Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) facts for kids
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| Location | 900 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Owner | City of Baltimore |
| Capacity | 31,000 (in 1950) 47,855 (in 1953) 53,371 (in 1991) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Opened | 1922 (for the first version), 1950 (for the second version) |
| Closed | December 14, 1997 |
| Demolished | 2001 |
| Construction cost | USD $6.5 million |
| Architect | L.P. Kooken Company |
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| Baltimore Orioles (minor league) (IL) (mid-season 1944-1953) Baltimore Orioles (MLB) (1954-1991) Bowie Baysox (Eastern League) (1993) Baltimore Colts (AAFC/NFL) (1947-1950) Baltimore Colts (NFL) (1953-1983) Baltimore Stallions (CFL) (1994-1995) Baltimore Ravens (NFL) (1996-1997) Baltimore Bays (NASL) (1967-1968) |
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Memorial Stadium was a stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The stadium was home to the National Football League (NFL) team, the Baltimore Ravens from 1996 to 1997 and was also home to the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball from 1954 to 1991, as well as the Baltimore Colts from 1954 to 1983, and the Baltimore Stallions from 1986 to 1987. The stadium was demolished in 2001. In 2010 a new baseball field was built on the same site of the Memorial stadium and Cal Ripken was at the ribbon-cutting. It was nicknamed "The Old Grey Lady of 33rd Street" and "The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum", for the infamous fan noise. The stadium eventually lost teams because it could not compete with other newer stadiums. There was a plack on the stadium honoring allied soldiers in World War II. A replica now sits outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the new home of the Orioles. The Ravens now play in M&T Bank Stadium.
Images for kids
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Municipal Stadium/Baltimore Stadium with the old Greco–Roman style colonnade and porticoes and 33rd Street boulevard to the south in the foreground – Army-Navy football game in 1944
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Babe Ruth's widow, Claire, at the unveiling of a memorial plaque to his memory in Memorial Stadium (1955)
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The Orioles playing one of the last major league home night games at the stadium, September 14, 1991
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Scoreboard before the final Orioles home game, October 6, 1991
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The residential neighborhood of Ednor Gardens-Lakeside surrounding Memorial Stadium to the north was visible just beyond the outfield, pictured here in 1991
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Demolition of stadium, summer 2001
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2007 Seniors apartment complex now standing in what used to be right field
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Contemporary newspaper photograph and diagram of Frank Robinson's May 1966 "out-of-the-park" home run
