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/ June 16, 2026
M&T Bank Stadium opened on August 8, 1998, and has served as the home of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League ever since. Designed by HOK Sport (now Populous) at a cost of approximately $220 million, the five-level venue on Russell Street in
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/ June 16, 2026
Sportsman’s Park stood at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of St. Louis, Missouri, serving as one of baseball’s most storied addresses for more than six decades. The modern steel-and-concrete structure opened on April 23, 1902, as home to
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/ June 16, 2026
Crosley Field stood at the corner of Findlay Street and Western Avenue in Cincinnati’s Queensgate neighborhood for nearly six decades, serving as the home of the Cincinnati Reds from its opening on April 11, 1912, until the club relocated to Riverfront Stadium in 1970. Originally
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/ June 16, 2026
Lincoln Financial Field — known to fans as ‘The Linc’ — is a 67,594-seat NFL stadium in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, home to the Philadelphia Eagles since its opening on August 3, 2003. Built at a cost of $512 million, the venue replaced the aging Veterans
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/ June 16, 2026
White Hart Lane was the cherished home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for 118 years, from its opening on 4 September 1899 until its final match on 14 May 2017. Located in Tottenham, North London, the ground grew from a modest venue on a former
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/ June 16, 2026
Highbury — officially Arsenal Stadium — was the home of Arsenal Football Club for 93 years, from its opening on 6 September 1913 until the club’s final match there on 7 May 2006. Designed originally by Archibald Leitch and set in the North London district
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/ June 16, 2026
The original Wembley Stadium — officially named the Empire Stadium — opened on 28 April 1923 after just 300 days of construction and stood as England’s most iconic sporting arena for 77 years. Built by Sir Robert McAlpine at a cost of £750,000, and designed
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/ June 16, 2026
The Colisée de Québec stood for 66 years as the sporting heart of Quebec City, opening on December 8, 1949 on the site of an earlier arena that had burned down the year before. Designed with an International Style exterior and an Art Deco interior
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/ June 16, 2026
Cincinnati Gardens was an indoor arena located at 2250 Seymour Avenue in the Bond Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Built for approximately $3 million, it opened on February 22, 1949, and its original seating capacity of more than 11,000 ranked it the seventh-largest indoor arena
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/ June 16, 2026
War Memorial Stadium, nestled inside Little Rock’s scenic War Memorial Park, opened on September 18, 1948, as a $1.2 million tribute to Arkansans who gave their lives in the two World Wars. Designed by architect Bruce R. Anderson in an Art Deco style and formally
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/ June 16, 2026
The Grand Olympic Auditorium at 1801 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles was one of America’s most storied arenas — a concrete bowl at the corner of 18th Street and Grand Avenue where Olympic athletes, boxing world champions, wrestling showmen, roller derby queens, punk
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/ June 16, 2026
Gator Bowl Stadium stood in Jacksonville, Florida, as one of the South’s most storied football venues for nearly seven decades. Originally opened in 1927 as Fairfield Stadium — built to serve Jacksonville’s high schools — it grew from a modest 7,600-seat facility into a massive
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/ June 16, 2026
The Summit opened on November 1, 1975, at 3700 Southwest Freeway in Houston, Texas, serving as the home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets for nearly three decades. Built for roughly $18–27 million, the glass-enclosed arena represented a new generation of American sports venues — spacious,
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/ June 16, 2026
Seals Stadium stood at the corner of Bryant and 16th Streets in San Francisco’s Mission District from 1931 to 1959, serving as the heart of West Coast professional baseball for nearly three decades. Built at a cost of $1.25 million in concrete and steel, the
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/ June 16, 2026
Madison Square Garden III stood on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan, opening on December 15, 1925. Designed by theater architect Thomas W. Lamb and financed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard—who rallied wealthy backers known as his ‘600 millionaires’—the arena cost $4.75
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/ June 16, 2026
Wrigley Field in Los Angeles was a Spanish-style baseball stadium that stood at 425 E. 42nd Place in South Central Los Angeles from 1925 until its demolition in March 1969. Built by chewing-gum magnate and Chicago Cubs owner William Wrigley Jr. for $1.5 million, it
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/ June 16, 2026
The St. Louis Arena opened on September 23, 1929, at 5700 Oakland Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, immediately claiming its place as the second-largest indoor entertainment center in the United States, surpassed only by New York’s Madison Square Garden. Designed by architects Gustel R. Kiewitt
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/ June 16, 2026
The Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland was the beating heart of professional sports in the Washington, D.C. region for nearly three decades. Built by sports entrepreneur Abe Pollin at a cost of $18 million and opened on December 2, 1973, the arena—known locally as the
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/ June 16, 2026
Reunion Arena was the beating heart of Dallas sports and entertainment for nearly three decades. Located at 777 Sports Street in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas, this $27 million indoor arena opened on April 28, 1980, and quickly became one of the most
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/ June 16, 2026
Market Square Arena was a multipurpose indoor arena located at 300 East Market Street in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Opened on September 15, 1974, at a construction cost of $23 million, it seated 16,530 fans for basketball (up to 18,178 with festival seating) and ranked as
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