A modern stadium (plural stadiums, Latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Stadium - History of the stadium. The word originates from the Greek "stadion" (στάδιον), literally a (place where people) stand. The oldest known stadium is the one in Olympia, in western Peloponnese, Greece, where ...

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After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the authorities of Yankees Stadium enforced stricter (and more controversial) rules. As of 2005, the following rules are enforced at Yankee's Stadium: No video cameras No backpacks No briefcases No large bags No coolers No bottles or cans The reason given for these strict rules is security. Despite their unpopularity, attem ...

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Yankee Stadium, Yankee Stadium - Outfield distances, Yankee Stadium - World Series wins clinched at Yankee Stadium, Yankee Stadium - Pro Football at Yankee Stadium, Yankee Stadium - College Football at Yankee Stadium, Yankee Stadium - Other events, Yankee Stadium - The Facade and the Big Bat, Yankee Stadium - Rules at the Stadium, Yankee Stadium - Monument Park, Yankee Stadium - New Yankee Stadium

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The Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in the Indian city of Mumbai. It is located near Churchgate station in South Mumbai. The stadium also has the Cricket Club of India and has the offices of the BCCI, the head organisation of Indian cricket. Brabourne stadium hosted Test matches from 1933 to the 1970s, as well as the Bombay Quadrangular. After a major dispute between CCI and the Mumbai Cricket Association about the allotment of complimentary tickets for the Test between India and England in 1973, MCA built a cricket stadium of t ...

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The Wankhede Stadium is the largest cricket stadium in the Indian city of Mumbai. This ground was built after disputes between the Cricket Club of India which own the Brabourne Stadium, and the Mumbai Cricket Association over the allocation of tickets for cricket matches. This became severe after the Test between India and England in 1973. At the initiative of S. K. Wankhede, a politician and the secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association, MCA built the new stadium in South Mumbai near the Churchgate station. It was built in six mont ...

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Yankee Stadium is the home stadium of the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team. Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, New York City, it originally opened on April 18, 1923 and reopened on April 15, 1976 after an extensive three year renovation. The first night game was played on May 28, 1946. Yankee Stadium is often referred to as "The House that Ruth Built", but usually as simply "The Stadium". It was the first baseball park to be labeled a "Stadium" rather than a "Field," a "Park," or a "Ground ...

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• Yankee Stadium - Monument Park
• Yankee Stadium - New Yankee Stadium

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October 19, 2005 (MLB) Busch Stadium was the home of the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team from May 12, 1966 to October 19, 2005. It opened four days after the last game was played in their old home, Sportsman's Park (which had also been known since 1953 as Busch Stadium). The Cardinals closed out their final season there by losing the 2005 National League Championship Series to the Houston Astros. It was one of the first multipurpose facilities built in the United States in the 1960s and early 1970s, along ...

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Built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the City of Manchester Stadium (also known as COMS, Eastlands and Sportcity) is located in Manchester, England. It is a 48,000 capacity all seater stadium with two tiers all the way round the ground and third tiers to the two side stands. It cost £90 million to construct. Manchester City Council agreed a 250 year lease of the stadium to Manchester City Football Club in exchange for their old stadium Maine Road. As built for the Commonwealth Games the stadium had a cap ...

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The West Side Stadium (also known as the New York Sports and Convention Center) was a proposed football stadium to be built on a platform over the rail yards on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was to be the new home for the New York Jets, currently based at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The stadium was to have served as the centerpiece of New York's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but, after heated debate, the proposal was finally defeated politically only a month before the I ...

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Cameron Indoor Stadium is a near-legendary basketball arena located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Supposedly, the plans for the stadium were originally drawn up in 1935 by basketball coach Eddie Cameron, and football coach Wallace Wade. The arena was dedicated on January 6, 1940, having cost $400,000. At the time, it was the largest gymnasium in the country south of the Palestra at the University of Pennsylvania. Originally called Duke ...

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Named by Philadelphia's City Council, for the veterans of all wars in 1968, and originally scheduled to open in 1970 but completed one year late due to a combination of bad weather and cost overruns, Veterans Stadium was a complicated structure, its seating layered in seven separate levels: The lowest, or "100" level, extended only part way around the structure, between roughly the 25-yard lines for football games and near the two dugouts for baseball; the "200" level comprised field-level boxes, and the "300" level housed what were labelled ...

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One of the unique features of this ballpark, is the foul territory. The ballpark is a complete semi-circle, and definitely does not hug the baselines. In fact, this may be the largest foul territory of any ballpark in minor league baseball. The two dugouts are actually imbedded into the wall underneath the grandstands (as are the luxury boxes, just beyond them). This has led to a unique fan-freindly traditions of McCoy Stadium. Those seeking the signatures of the next great Red Sox players, have found a way to contact their PawSox, despite the fact that the dugouts configurations and height woul ...

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The Stadium is separated into the West Stand, North Stand (formerly the Vaux Stand and the Carling Stand), East Stand (formerly the Fosters Stand), and the South Stand (also known as the Metro FM Stand). The West Stand includes the Premier Concourse which is the name of the upper tier, and a number of executive boxes. The West Stand also houses the main entrance, the changing rooms and tunnel, hospitality and banqueting suites, media facilities, and the sport's bar. The North Stand includes an upper tier, ...

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When it opened it was known as Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium. The stadium's name comes from the Busch family of Anheuser-Busch, who owned the baseball team until March 1996 and championed the stadium's construction. The stadium was designed by architect Edward Durrell Stone. Its arched design echoes the nearby Gateway Arch, which was completed the year before Busch Stadium opened. The grounds are home to bronze statues of Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Red Schoendienst, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Jack Buck and most recently, Ozzie Smith. The stadium's playing surface, originally natural grass, was ...

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Memorial Stadium Baltimore - Baltimore Stadium. Memorial Stadium started out in life as Baltimore Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium, and as Venable Stadium. It was built in 1922, in a previously undeveloped area called Venable Park. It was primarily a football stadium, a large horseshoe with its open end facing south. In its early years it hosted various college-level games, including the occasional Army-Navy Game. In mid-summer 1944 it was pressed into service as a baseball park by the Baltimore Or ...

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Mozambique, List of stadiums - Namibia, List of stadiums - Niger, List of stadiums - Nigeria, List of stadiums - Rwanda, List of stadiums - São Tomé and Príncipe, List of stadiums - Senegal, List of stadiums - Seychelles, List of stadiums - Sierra Leone, List of stadiums - Somalia, List of stadiums - South Africa, List of stadiums - Sudan, List of stadiums - Swaziland, List of stadiums - Tanzania, List of stadiums - Togo, List of stadiums - Tunisia, List of stadiums - Uganda, List of stadiums - Zambia, List of stadiums - Zimbabwe, List of stadiums - Asia, List of stadiums - Afghanistan, List of stadiums - Armenia, List of stadiums - Azerbaijan, List of stadiums - Bahrain, List of stadiums - Bangladesh, List of stadiums - Bhutan, List of stadiums - Brunei Darussalam, List of stadiums - Cambodia, List of stadiums - China, List of stadiums - Georgia, List of stadiums - India, List of stadiums - Indonesia, List of stadiums - Iran, List of stadiums - Iraq, List of stadiums - Israel, List of stadiums - Japan, List of stadiums - Jordan, List of stadiums - Kazakhstan, List of stadiums - Kyrgystan, List of stadiums - Kuwait, List of stadiums - Laos, List of stadiums - Lebanon, List of stadiums - Malaysia, List of stadiums - Maldives, List of stadiums - Mongolia, List of stadiums - Myanmar, List of stadiums - Nepal, List of stadiums - North Korea, List of stadiums - Oman, List of stadiums - Pakistan, List of stadiums - Philippines, List of stadiums - Qatar, List of stadiums - Saudi Arabia, List of stadiums - Singapore, List of stadiums - South Korea, List of stadiums - Sri Lanka, List of stadiums - Syria, List of stadiums - Taiwan, List of stadiums - Tajikistan, List of stadiums - Thailand, List of stadiums - Turkmenistan, List of stadiums - United Arab Emirates, List of stadiums - Uzbekistan, List of stadiums - Vietnam, List of stadiums - Yemen, List of stadiums - Central America and the Caribbean, List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda, List of stadiums - Aruba, List of stadiums - Bahamas, List of stadiums - Barbados, List of stadiums - Belize, List of stadiums - Cayman Islands, List of stadiums - Costa Rica, List of stadiums - Cuba, List of stadiums - Dominican Republic, List of stadiums - El Salvador, List of stadiums - Grenada, List of stadiums - Guatemala, List of stadiums - Haiti, List of stadiums - Honduras, List of stadiums - Jamaica, List of stadiums - Martinique, List of stadiums - Netherlands Antilles, List of stadiums - Nicaragua, List of stadiums - Panama, List of stadiums - Puerto Rico, List of stadiums - St. Kitts and Nevis, List of stadiums - St. Lucia, List of stadiums - Trinidad and Tobago, List of stadiums - Europe, List of stadiums - Andorra, List of stadiums - Albania, List of stadiums - Austria, List of stadiums - Belarus, List of stadiums - Belgium, List of stadiums - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of stadiums - Bulgaria, List of stadiums - Croatia, List of stadiums - Cyprus, List of stadiums - Czech Republic, List of stadiums - Denmark, List of stadiums - Estonia, List of stadiums - Faroe Islands, List of stadiums - Finland, List of stadiums - France, List of stadiums - Germany, List of stadiums - Greece, List of stadiums - Hungary, List of stadiums - Iceland, List of stadiums - Ireland, List of stadiums - Italy, List of stadiums - Latvia, List of stadiums - Liechtenstein, List of stadiums - Lithuania, List of stadiums - Luxembourg, List of stadiums - Macedonia, List of stadiums - Malta, List of stadiums - Moldova, List of stadiums - Monaco, List of stadiums - Netherlands, List of stadiums - Norway, List of stadiums - Poland, List of stadiums - Portugal, List of stadiums - Romania, List of stadiums - Russia, List of stadiums - San Marino, List of stadiums - Serbia and Montenegro, List of stadiums - Slovakia, List of stadiums - Slovenia, List of stadiums - Spain, List of stadiums - Sweden, List of stadiums - Switzerland, List of stadiums - Turkey, List of stadiums - Ukraine, List of stadiums - United Kingdom, List of stadiums - Oceania, List of stadiums - American Samoa, List of stadiums - Australia, List of stadiums - Fiji, List of stadiums - French Polynesia, List of stadiums - Nauru, List of stadiums - New Zealand, List of stadiums - Papua New Guinea, List of stadiums - Solomon Islands, List of stadiums - North America, List of stadiums - Canada, List of stadiums - Mexico, List of stadiums - USA, List of stadiums - South America, List of stadiums - Argentina, List of stadiums - Bolivia, List of stadiums - Brazil, List of stadiums - Chile, List of stadiums - Colombia, List of stadiums - Ecuador, List of stadiums - Guyana, List of stadiums - Paraguay, List of stadiums - Peru, List of stadiums - Suriname, List of stadiums - Uruguay, List of stadiums - Venezuela

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List of stadiums - Andorra. Aixovall – Andorra la Vella List of stadiums - Albania. Qemal Stafa – Tirana List of stadiums - Austria. Liebenau Stadium – Graz Ernst Happel Stadion – Vienna Gerard Hanappi Stadion – Vienna Stadion Salzburg – Salzburg Tivoli Neu Stadion – Innsbruck Fill Metallbau Stadion – Ried List of stadiums - Belarus. Dinamo Stadion – Mins ...

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Mozambique, List of stadiums - Namibia, List of stadiums - Niger, List of stadiums - Nigeria, List of stadiums - Rwanda, List of stadiums - São Tomé and Príncipe, List of stadiums - Senegal, List of stadiums - Seychelles, List of stadiums - Sierra Leone, List of stadiums - Somalia, List of stadiums - South Africa, List of stadiums - Sudan, List of stadiums - Swaziland, List of stadiums - Tanzania, List of stadiums - Togo, List of stadiums - Tunisia, List of stadiums - Uganda, List of stadiums - Zambia, List of stadiums - Zimbabwe, List of stadiums - Asia, List of stadiums - Afghanistan, List of stadiums - Armenia, List of stadiums - Azerbaijan, List of stadiums - Bahrain, List of stadiums - Bangladesh, List of stadiums - Bhutan, List of stadiums - Brunei Darussalam, List of stadiums - Cambodia, List of stadiums - China, List of stadiums - Georgia, List of stadiums - India, List of stadiums - Indonesia, List of stadiums - Iran, List of stadiums - Iraq, List of stadiums - Israel, List of stadiums - Japan, List of stadiums - Jordan, List of stadiums - Kazakhstan, List of stadiums - Kyrgystan, List of stadiums - Kuwait, List of stadiums - Laos, List of stadiums - Lebanon, List of stadiums - Malaysia, List of stadiums - Maldives, List of stadiums - Mongolia, List of stadiums - Myanmar, List of stadiums - Nepal, List of stadiums - North Korea, List of stadiums - Oman, List of stadiums - Pakistan, List of stadiums - Philippines, List of stadiums - Qatar, List of stadiums - Saudi Arabia, List of stadiums - Singapore, List of stadiums - South Korea, List of stadiums - Sri Lanka, List of stadiums - Syria, List of stadiums - Taiwan, List of stadiums - Tajikistan, List of stadiums - Thailand, List of stadiums - Turkmenistan, List of stadiums - United Arab Emirates, List of stadiums - Uzbekistan, List of stadiums - Vietnam, List of stadiums - Yemen, List of stadiums - Central America and the Caribbean, List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda, List of stadiums - Aruba, List of stadiums - Bahamas, List of stadiums - Barbados, List of stadiums - Belize, List of stadiums - Cayman Islands, List of stadiums - Costa Rica, List of stadiums - Cuba, List of stadiums - Dominican Republic, List of stadiums - El Salvador, List of stadiums - Grenada, List of stadiums - Guatemala, List of stadiums - Haiti, List of stadiums - Honduras, List of stadiums - Jamaica, List of stadiums - Martinique, List of stadiums - Netherlands Antilles, List of stadiums - Nicaragua, List of stadiums - Panama, List of stadiums - Puerto Rico, List of stadiums - St. Kitts and Nevis, List of stadiums - St. Lucia, List of stadiums - Trinidad and Tobago, List of stadiums - Europe, List of stadiums - Andorra, List of stadiums - Albania, List of stadiums - Austria, List of stadiums - Belarus, List of stadiums - Belgium, List of stadiums - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of stadiums - Bulgaria, List of stadiums - Croatia, List of stadiums - Cyprus, List of stadiums - Czech Republic, List of stadiums - Denmark, List of stadiums - Estonia, List of stadiums - Faroe Islands, List of stadiums - Finland, List of stadiums - France, List of stadiums - Germany, List of stadiums - Greece, List of stadiums - Hungary, List of stadiums - Iceland, List of stadiums - Ireland, List of stadiums - Italy, List of stadiums - Latvia, List of stadiums - Liechtenstein, List of stadiums - Lithuania, List of stadiums - Luxembourg, List of stadiums - Macedonia, List of stadiums - Malta, List of stadiums - Moldova, List of stadiums - Monaco, List of stadiums - Netherlands, List of stadiums - Norway, List of stadiums - Poland, List of stadiums - Portugal, List of stadiums - Romania, List of stadiums - Russia, List of stadiums - San Marino, List of stadiums - Serbia and Montenegro, List of stadiums - Slovakia, List of stadiums - Slovenia, List of stadiums - Spain, List of stadiums - Sweden, List of stadiums - Switzerland, List of stadiums - Turkey, List of stadiums - Ukraine, List of stadiums - United Kingdom, List of stadiums - Oceania, List of stadiums - American Samoa, List of stadiums - Australia, List of stadiums - Fiji, List of stadiums - French Polynesia, List of stadiums - Nauru, List of stadiums - New Zealand, List of stadiums - Papua New Guinea, List of stadiums - Solomon Islands, List of stadiums - North America, List of stadiums - Canada, List of stadiums - Mexico, List of stadiums - USA, List of stadiums - South America, List of stadiums - Argentina, List of stadiums - Bolivia, List of stadiums - Brazil, List of stadiums - Chile, List of stadiums - Colombia, List of stadiums - Ecuador, List of stadiums - Guyana, List of stadiums - Paraguay, List of stadiums - Peru, List of stadiums - Suriname, List of stadiums - Uruguay, List of stadiums - Venezuela

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List of stadiums - American Samoa. Veterans Memorial Stadium – Pago Pago List of stadiums - Australia. AAMI Stadium – Adelaide (formerly Football Park) Adelaide Oval – Adelaide ANZ Stadium – Brisbane (formally QEII Stadium) Aussie Stadium – Sydney (formerly Sydney Football Stadium) Bellerive Oval – Hobart Brisbane Cricket Ground – Brisbane (also known as "The Gabba" or Woolloongabba Oval) Can ...

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Mozambique, List of stadiums - Namibia, List of stadiums - Niger, List of stadiums - Nigeria, List of stadiums - Rwanda, List of stadiums - São Tomé and Príncipe, List of stadiums - Senegal, List of stadiums - Seychelles, List of stadiums - Sierra Leone, List of stadiums - Somalia, List of stadiums - South Africa, List of stadiums - Sudan, List of stadiums - Swaziland, List of stadiums - Tanzania, List of stadiums - Togo, List of stadiums - Tunisia, List of stadiums - Uganda, List of stadiums - Zambia, List of stadiums - Zimbabwe, List of stadiums - Asia, List of stadiums - Afghanistan, List of stadiums - Armenia, List of stadiums - Azerbaijan, List of stadiums - Bahrain, List of stadiums - Bangladesh, List of stadiums - Bhutan, List of stadiums - Brunei Darussalam, List of stadiums - Cambodia, List of stadiums - China, List of stadiums - Georgia, List of stadiums - India, List of stadiums - Indonesia, List of stadiums - Iran, List of stadiums - Iraq, List of stadiums - Israel, List of stadiums - Japan, List of stadiums - Jordan, List of stadiums - Kazakhstan, List of stadiums - Kyrgystan, List of stadiums - Kuwait, List of stadiums - Laos, List of stadiums - Lebanon, List of stadiums - Malaysia, List of stadiums - Maldives, List of stadiums - Mongolia, List of stadiums - Myanmar, List of stadiums - Nepal, List of stadiums - North Korea, List of stadiums - Oman, List of stadiums - Pakistan, List of stadiums - Philippines, List of stadiums - Qatar, List of stadiums - Saudi Arabia, List of stadiums - Singapore, List of stadiums - South Korea, List of stadiums - Sri Lanka, List of stadiums - Syria, List of stadiums - Taiwan, List of stadiums - Tajikistan, List of stadiums - Thailand, List of stadiums - Turkmenistan, List of stadiums - United Arab Emirates, List of stadiums - Uzbekistan, List of stadiums - Vietnam, List of stadiums - Yemen, List of stadiums - Central America and the Caribbean, List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda, List of stadiums - Aruba, List of stadiums - Bahamas, List of stadiums - Barbados, List of stadiums - Belize, List of stadiums - Cayman Islands, List of stadiums - Costa Rica, List of stadiums - Cuba, List of stadiums - Dominican Republic, List of stadiums - El Salvador, List of stadiums - Grenada, List of stadiums - Guatemala, List of stadiums - Haiti, List of stadiums - Honduras, List of stadiums - Jamaica, List of stadiums - Martinique, List of stadiums - Netherlands Antilles, List of stadiums - Nicaragua, List of stadiums - Panama, List of stadiums - Puerto Rico, List of stadiums - St. Kitts and Nevis, List of stadiums - St. Lucia, List of stadiums - Trinidad and Tobago, List of stadiums - Europe, List of stadiums - Andorra, List of stadiums - Albania, List of stadiums - Austria, List of stadiums - Belarus, List of stadiums - Belgium, List of stadiums - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of stadiums - Bulgaria, List of stadiums - Croatia, List of stadiums - Cyprus, List of stadiums - Czech Republic, List of stadiums - Denmark, List of stadiums - Estonia, List of stadiums - Faroe Islands, List of stadiums - Finland, List of stadiums - France, List of stadiums - Germany, List of stadiums - Greece, List of stadiums - Hungary, List of stadiums - Iceland, List of stadiums - Ireland, List of stadiums - Italy, List of stadiums - Latvia, List of stadiums - Liechtenstein, List of stadiums - Lithuania, List of stadiums - Luxembourg, List of stadiums - Macedonia, List of stadiums - Malta, List of stadiums - Moldova, List of stadiums - Monaco, List of stadiums - Netherlands, List of stadiums - Norway, List of stadiums - Poland, List of stadiums - Portugal, List of stadiums - Romania, List of stadiums - Russia, List of stadiums - San Marino, List of stadiums - Serbia and Montenegro, List of stadiums - Slovakia, List of stadiums - Slovenia, List of stadiums - Spain, List of stadiums - Sweden, List of stadiums - Switzerland, List of stadiums - Turkey, List of stadiums - Ukraine, List of stadiums - United Kingdom, List of stadiums - Oceania, List of stadiums - American Samoa, List of stadiums - Australia, List of stadiums - Fiji, List of stadiums - French Polynesia, List of stadiums - Nauru, List of stadiums - New Zealand, List of stadiums - Papua New Guinea, List of stadiums - Solomon Islands, List of stadiums - North America, List of stadiums - Canada, List of stadiums - Mexico, List of stadiums - USA, List of stadiums - South America, List of stadiums - Argentina, List of stadiums - Bolivia, List of stadiums - Brazil, List of stadiums - Chile, List of stadiums - Colombia, List of stadiums - Ecuador, List of stadiums - Guyana, List of stadiums - Paraguay, List of stadiums - Peru, List of stadiums - Suriname, List of stadiums - Uruguay, List of stadiums - Venezuela

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In 1895, Detroit Tigers owner George Vanderbeck had a new ballpark built at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull avenues. That stadium was called Bennett Park and featured a wooden grandstand with a wooden peaked roof in the outfield and bleachers surrounding the infield. At the time, some places in the outfield were only marked off with rope. In 1911, new Tigers owner Frank Navin ordered a new steel-and-concrete baseball park on the same site that would seat 23,000 to accommodate the growing numbers of fans and on April 20, 1912, Navin Field was opened, the same ...

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A $102 million voter-approved sports complex bond issue in 1967 stated that a plan originally for a single, multi-purpose, domed stadium (it would have been the world's first rolling stadium roof), but this was later discarded (due to conflicting design elements, seating capacity concerns, prohibitive costs, and project delays). Officials then decided to construct two stadiums, one for baseball (originally for the Kansas City Athletics, later for the Kansas City Royals) and another for football. The two-stadium complex concept was the first of its kind. The Chiefs staff, led by Jack Steadman, helped dev ...

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