Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

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Memorial Stadium
Location Baltimore, Maryland
Opened December 2, 1922
Closed December 14, 1997
Demolished April 2001-February 15, 2002
Other Names n/a
Tenants Baltimore Orioles (1954-91)
Baltimore Stallions (1994-95)
Baltimore Colts (1953-83)

Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an oversized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue (west), 36th Street (north), and Ednor Road (east). Two stadiums were located here, a 1922 version known as Baltimore Stadium or Municipal Stadium, or sometimes Venable Stadium, and, for a time, Babe Ruth Stadium in reference to the then-recently deceased Baltimore native.

The rebuilt multi-sport stadium, when reconstruction (expansion to an upper deck) was completed in the middle of 1954, would become known as Memorial Stadium. The stadium was also known as The Old Gray Lady of 33rd Street, and also (for Colts games) as The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum.

List of credited publications

League Date/Season Team(s) Type
Major League Baseball 1979 ALCS (Baltimore Orioles vs. California Angels) Program
1988 Baltimore Orioles Program
1991 Baltimore Orioles Program

See also

List of Major League Baseball stadiums

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