Stadiums that went Abandoned

If you're calling it "Schribe Park," you don't remember it.

You missed the Pontiac Silverdome, that had some of the craziest photos from inside of it after it was abandoned, especially after the roof caved in.

The Oakland Coliseum is currently abandoned, but a few thousand people still show up about 81 times a year.

I'm old enough to remember going to games at Connie Mack Stadium/Shibe Park. I saw Willi Mays hit a home run in batting practice over the left field bleachers. But I can also assure you that it had deteriorated terribly by the time the Phillies left it. I remember the whole thing smelling like a big men's room that hadn't been cleaned for a while. There was no parking. You had to find a street spot and either bribe a kid to watch it or just cross your fingers. Everything in it was original construction. It's a candidate for nostalgia today, but back then nobody missed it.

Hey ! ! ! How could you overlook the Houston Astrodome? ! ?

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Tiger Stadium may have been built in 1912, but it's immediate predecessor existed on the same site. This is why Tigers fans talk about "the corner of Michigan and Trumbull" because that was the oldest continuous site of professional baseball going all the way back to the 1890's. Unfortunately, the national sports media ignored this.

Thanks for showing Tiger Stadium! Was so sad how they let the park decay a decade, I bought two seats from there, they were shipped to my house and caked into dust, I had to hose, wash them off before moving them inside. Now the old Tiger Stadium is a multi purpose facility that hosts high school, college and kids baseball, football, soccer events. The exact field remains there, including the dimensions, original flag pole on center field, they have field turf because there is so many events there that grass would be hard maintain. There are a section of seats along the third base line, e line, the funding wasn’t there in time so rest of the stadium was razed in April 2009, demolition of rest of the park began in June 2008, stopped that September leaving the first to third base grand stands before being razed in April 2009 after not securing enough funds. I’m just glad a Walmart or something wasn’t built there, at least kids can play on same field icons like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays all played on.

Ebbets Field was vacant for two years before being demolished. Often it's an issue, as the Mysteries Of The Abandoned TV show says, that nobody wants to spend the money to knock down an old structure till they have everything lined up to build what replaces it-- but when there's nothing coming along to replace it, it can just sit there and deteriorate.

RFK Stadium was the home stadium of DC United until Audi Field opened in 2019.

A video on abandoned stadiums without mentioning the Silverdome? That eyesore stood abandoned for a long time, the roof rotted off of it, and there's tons of pictures available of it before it was demolished. Maybe a stand alone vid on the Silverdome?

There is actually still a baseball field where Tiger Stadium was called the "Willie Horton Field of Dreams at The Corner Ballpark" or just The Corner as its always been known. It's home to the Detroit Police Athletic League and a lot of local youth baseball teams play there as well. They have a lot of old Tigers memorabilia there and it still has the original flagpole. Its too bad the stadium is long gone but it's great it still gets used for its original purpose.

I jogged past RFK stadium on Sunday morning (08 Oct 23) and was still fully standing.

I’ve always been so fascinated by abandon stadiums

How did anyone forget the Astrodome? That thing has been abandoned since the Mid-2000s. They don't want to knock it down for historical purposes, can't get funding to refurbish it and they use it for city storage.

I went to school in Baltimore and I lived in the area for 9 years (1970-78). The Baltimore fans really liked Memorial Stadium. It was in a somewhat nice section of the city, not near downtown. People would park their cars all over on the local streets or take the bus. My most extraordinary experience at seeing the Orioles play was in the spring of 1971. The Orioles were playing the A's in an afternoon double header during the week. It was a "getaway day" on a Thursday. I think they had to play two games because they had to make up a game and the A's wouldn't be back east for the rest of the season. The first game started early, before noon. A friend at school asked me to go with him to the stadium, which was within easy walking distance. So we went. The pitchers that day were Mike Cueller vs Vida Blue, and Jim Palmer vs Blue Moon Odom. Amazing. But then years later came the dark night in which the beloved Colts left town in moving vans. Nobody saw it coming, and it devastated the town. After I left the area, the city built Camden Yards downtown. But you know, I liked Memorial Stadium because it was located in a residential area, and it seemed so homey and local. People would just walk over there, pay a few dollars, grab a seat, eat a hotdog, and watch the Orioles play. Pretty darn cool.

When I was in the Military back in the late 80’s, I was stationed in Hawaii and enjoyed watching many Football games at Aloha Stadium. One that really stands out was the 1987 Aloha Bowl between UCLA & Florida. The 2 MVP’s of that game were Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith.

That’s SHIBE Park!! The final Phillies game at Connie Mack Stadium was Oct 1, 1970. It was located at 21st and Lehigh in N. Philadelphia. It caught fire because of vandalism and arson. There’s a church on that site

I was by Aloha Stadium last week. It’s pretty worn out. A lot bigger than I imagined. Sad a city the size of Honolulu can’t have any sports.

Tiger Stadium was beautiful.. R.I.P Sparky Anderson & Willie Hernández ~ 1984 WS Champions