Baltimore Memorial Stadium

Baltimore Memorial Stadium
"The Old Grey Lady of 33rd Street"
	Memorial Stadium in 2000
Address	900 East 33rd Street
Location	Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°19′46″N 76°36′5″W / 39.32944°N 76.60139°W
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
Construction
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; ($82.3 million in 2023 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
Tenants
	Baseball Baltimore Orioles (IL) mid-season 1944–1953; Baltimore Orioles (MLB) 1954–1991; Bowie Baysox (EL) 1993; Football Baltimore Colts (AAFC / NFL) 1947–1950; Baltimore Colts (NFL) 1953–1983; Baltimore Stallions (CFL) 1994–1995; Baltimore Ravens (NFL) 1996–1997; Soccer Baltimore Bays (NPSL / NASL) 1967–1968; Baltimore Comets (NASL) 1974–1975

Baltimore Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an oversized block officially called Venable Park, a former city park from the 1920s. The site was bound by Ellerslie Avenue to the west, 36th Street to the north, and Ednor Road to the east.

Two stadiums were located here — a 1922 version known primarily as Baltimore Stadium or Municipal Stadium; and a rebuilt, double-deck, multi-sport stadium, completed in mid-1954, and rechristened Baltimore Memorial Stadium — Memorial Stadium for short.

^ "Memorial Stadium". MDStad.com. Maryland Stadium Authority. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ Eggener, Keith. "The Demolition and Afterlife of Baltimore Memorial Stadium," Places Journal, October 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^ "J. L. Faisant Dies at 60," The Baltimore Sun, Monday, February 5, 1962. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^ "Memorial Stadium". Ballparks.com. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

[1] "Memorial Stadium". MDStad.com. Maryland Stadium Authority. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[inflation-US-2] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[3] Eggener, Keith. "The Demolition and Afterlife of Baltimore Memorial Stadium," Places Journal, October 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2022.

[4] "J. L. Faisant Dies at 60," The Baltimore Sun, Monday, February 5, 1962. Retrieved October 9, 2022.

[ballparks-5] "Memorial Stadium". Ballparks.com. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

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