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Exhibition Stadium — officially the Canadian National Exhibition Stadium and nicknamed ‘The Ex’ — stood on the Exhibition Place grounds along Lake Shore Boulevard West in Toronto, Ontario. Opened on August 5, 1959, it served as home to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football
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South End Grounds was the home of Boston’s National League baseball franchise for more than four decades, from 1871 to 1914 — the longest home-field tenure in the franchise’s history. Located at the northeast corner of Columbus Avenue and Walpole Street in Boston’s South End,
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Huntington Avenue Grounds was a wooden baseball stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, that served as the first home of the Boston Americans — later renamed the Red Sox — from 1901 to 1911. Built for approximately $35,000 on a former circus lot, the park opened on
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Hilltop Park — officially named American League Park — was a wooden baseball stadium that stood in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, occupying the block bounded by Broadway, 165th Street, and 168th Street. Built in roughly six weeks at a cost of around $75,000
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Exposition Park stood along the banks of the Allegheny River on Pittsburgh’s North Side — then the independent city of Allegheny — and served as the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates for nearly two decades. Built in 1890 and seating around 16,000 fans, the covered
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League Park stood at the northeast corner of East 66th Street and Lexington Avenue in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood as the city’s first major-league baseball home. Originally built as a 9,000-seat wooden structure in 1891, it was completely rebuilt in concrete and steel in 1910, expanding
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🏛 Historic Stadium Cleveland Arena stood at 3717 Euclid Avenue for four decades as one of the Midwest’s most versatile indoor venues. Built in 1937 by sports promoter Albert C. Sutphin for a reported $1.5 million, the arena opened on November 10, 1937 with the
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🏛 Historic Stadium Tulane Stadium stood on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, as one of the largest and most storied football venues in the American South. Opening on October 23, 1926, with a Tulane–Auburn matchup, the concrete-and-brick arena was designed by
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The Pittsburgh Civic Arena — known to generations of fans simply as ‘The Igloo’ — opened on September 17, 1961, and instantly rewrote what a sports venue could be. Its stainless-steel retractable dome, engineered with no interior support columns and backed by a single 260-foot
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/ June 15, 2026
🏛 Historic Stadium Metropolitan Stadium — affectionately called ‘the Met’ — was an outdoor multipurpose sports stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Built for the minor league Minneapolis Millers and opened on April 24, 1956, the $8.5 million facility was constructed to major
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🏛 Historic Stadium Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, affectionately known as ‘The Aud,’ stood at 140 Main Street in downtown Buffalo, New York, for more than five decades. Opened on October 14, 1940, as a WPA-era public works project built at a cost of $2.7 million, the
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🏛 Historic Stadium Richfield Coliseum opened on October 26, 1974, with a Frank Sinatra concert, marking the debut of one of the most strategically positioned arenas in American sports history. Developed by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Nick Mileti at a cost of $36 million and designed
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/ June 15, 2026
🏛 Historic Stadium McNichols Sports Arena opened on August 22, 1975, as Denver’s premier indoor sports and entertainment venue. Built at a cost of $16 million and designed by Charles S. Sink & Associates, it stood at 1635 Bryant Street directly adjacent to Mile High
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🏛 Historic Stadium Maple Leaf Gardens stood at 60 Carlton Street in Toronto, Ontario, as the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from its opening on November 12, 1931, through the final NHL game played there on February 13, 1999.
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🏛 Historic Stadium The Palace of Auburn Hills was a 22,076-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Designed by Rossetti Architects and built at a cost of $90 million, it opened on August 13, 1988, as one of the most modern sports facilities
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🏛 Historic Stadium The Montreal Forum stood at 2313 Sainte-Catherine Street West in Montreal, Quebec, and served as the spiritual home of hockey for more than seven decades. Built in just 159 days at a cost of C$1.5 million, it opened on November 29, 1924,
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🏛 Historic Stadium Detroit Olympia — affectionately nicknamed ‘The Old Red Barn’ for its distinctive red brick façade — stood at 5920 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as one of the most storied arenas in North American sports history. Designed by prolific theater architect
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🏛 Historic Stadium Chicago Stadium stood at 1800 West Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois, and served as one of the most celebrated indoor arenas in American sports history. It opened on March 28, 1929, built at a cost of between $5 and $9.5 million, and
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🏛 Historic Stadium Boston Garden was a legendary indoor arena located at 150 Causeway Street in Boston, Massachusetts, perched directly above North Station. It opened on November 17, 1928, originally under the name Boston Madison Square Garden, built by boxing promoter Tex Rickard—the same man
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🏛 Historic Stadium Qualcomm Stadium — opened August 20, 1967 as San Diego Stadium and later known as Jack Murphy Stadium and SDCCU Stadium — stood for over five decades as the anchor of San Diego professional and collegiate sports. Designed in a Brutalist style
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