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/ June 14, 2026
The Kingdome was Seattle’s cavernous concrete-domed stadium from 1976 to 2000, home to the NFL’s Seahawks and MLB’s Mariners. Famous for its enormous self-supporting concrete roof – and its loud, echoing interior – it ended with one of the most-watched stadium implosions ever in 2000.
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/ June 14, 2026
Veterans Stadium – ‘The Vet’ – was Philadelphia’s multipurpose home for the Phillies and Eagles from 1971 to 2003. A classic cookie-cutter bowl, it became infamous for its rock-hard artificial turf, raucous fans, and the in-stadium courtroom installed to handle unruly Eagles crowds. Stats at
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/ June 14, 2026
Candlestick Park served San Francisco from 1960 to 2014, home to baseball’s Giants and football’s 49ers. Notorious for its cold, swirling winds off the bay, ‘The Stick’ was the site of Dwight Clark’s ‘The Catch,’ the 1989 earthquake-interrupted World Series, and the Beatles’ final concert
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/ June 14, 2026
The original Comiskey Park was home to the Chicago White Sox from 1910 to 1990, billed at its opening as the ‘Baseball Palace of the World.’ It hosted the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933 and was famous for its exploding scoreboard introduced by owner
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/ June 14, 2026
Three Rivers Stadium served Pittsburgh from 1970 to 2000 as the shared home of the NFL’s Steelers and MLB’s Pirates. A classic round, multipurpose ‘concrete doughnut,’ it was the site of the Immaculate Reception and multiple championship runs before being imploded in 2001. Stats at
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/ June 14, 2026
The Houston Astrodome opened in 1965 as the world’s first multipurpose domed, air-conditioned stadium – billed as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World.’ It changed sports forever: when grass couldn’t grow under the dome, the artificial surface that became AstroTurf was born there. Stats at
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