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