The Memorial Stadium is a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, which previously stood on 33rd Street (aka Street Street 33 or renamed "Babe Ruth Plaza") in oversized blocks (officially designated as Venable Park, former city park from the 1920s) is also limited by Ellerslie Avenue (west), 36th Street (north), and Ednor Road (east). Two different stadiums are located here, a 1922 version known as the "Baltimore Stadium" , or "Municipal Stadium" , or sometimes ' Venable Stadium' , and, temporarily, "Babe Ruth Stadium" referring to the newly deceased Baltimore native. The rebuilt multi-sport stadium, when the reconstruction (expansion to the upper deck) was completed in the summer of 1954, will be known as the "Memorial Stadium" . The stadium is also known as "The Old Gray Lady of 33rd Street", and also (for the Colts game) as "The Largest Outer Asanum of the World."
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This pair of structures hosts the following teams:
Baseball
- Baltimore Orioles (minor league), International League, mid-season 1944-1953
- Baltimore Orioles, American League, 1954-1991
- United States Congress Baseball Game, 1973-1976
- Bowie Baysox, Eastern League (Orioles farm club), 1993
Football
Professional
- Colts Baltimore, AAFC 1947-1949, NFL 1950
- Baltimore Colts, National Football League, 1953-1983
- Baltimore Stallions/Baltimore F.C., Canadian Football League, 1994-1995
- Baltimore Ravens, National Football League, 1996-1997
SMA
- Baltimore City College vs. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Thanksgiving Day 1954-1999, known as "City vs. Poly".
- Calvert Hall College vs Loyola Blakefield Thanksgiving Day 1957-1999, known as "Calvert Hall vs. Loyola", the Turkey Bowl ".
Academy of Colleges/Universities/Military
- Maryland Terrapins football (partial schedule, 1920s 1930s, mostly for games against Johns Hopkins and Western Maryland)
- Central Navy Football (for games against the Army and Notre Dame)
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History
Stadium City/Stadium Baltimore/Venable Stadium/Stadium Babe Ruth
The Memorial Stadium begins in life as the City Stadium, also known as the Baltimore Stadium, and as the Venable Stadium. Designed by Pleasants Pennington and Albert W. Lewis, built in 1922 for a six-month period at the urging of Mayor William F. Broening (1870-1953, served 1919-1923, 1927-1931), in an undeveloped region just north outside the rows of rows of Glacier City where they had reached in 1920 and among the large 19th century country plantations of the rich in the northeastern wedge of the City. Built on the former Venable Park, founded in the early 20th century, the Stadium is operated by the Municipal Park Board of Commissioners on behalf of the Department of Recreation and Baltimore City Park. It was primarily a football stadium, a large horseshoe with an exterior ground hut and an open end with massive stone gates from a Greek/Roman colony and a portico on the south facing front facing the new 33rd Street street/highway that has recently been cut east to west.
In the early years, the school hosted a variety of public and private school and college level games, including the annual "City-Poly Game" on the weekday "Thanksgiving Day" where "Collegians" (later known as "Black Knights" on their iconic Castle on the Hill in Baltimore City College against rivals Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers (since 1889), along with Roman Catholic schools "Calvert Hall - Loyola" Game that rocked the Cardinals of Calvert Hall College against Loyola High School at Don Blakefield before the throng of school students, parents, alumni and city sports fans amounted to 30,000. Also occasionally a home game for the University of Maryland at the "Terrapins" College of soccer and the favorite home team of the United States Naval Academy (at Annapolis) "Midshipmen" versus the United States Military Academy at West Point's "Cadets" (also known later as "Black Knights") in some Army-Nav y Games, attracted national audience and media coverage.
In mid-summer 1944, the place was forced into a baseball park by the Baltimore Orioles of the International League, when their old home, "Oriole Park" (the fifth to hold the name, and the last to do so until the current incarnation opened in 1992) at the northwest corner on Greenmount Avenue and 29th Street in the Abell neighborhood, to the south-west, was destroyed by a late-night fire probably caused by fireworks that were stored in July 1944.
The Little League Orioles rose from the ashes, heroically, going on to win the International League championship that year, as well as the Junior World Series of Louisville Colonel of the American Association. The huge post-season crowd at Municipal Stadium, which would not have been possible at Oriole Park, and which easily surpassed the presence of the World Series premier league baseball alone that year, attracted the attention of Major League and their team owners, and Baltimore. suddenly becomes an option for teams who want to move.
It was also known for his time as "Babe Ruth Stadium", after the original Hall of Fame and the original Baltimore died.
Memorial Stadium
Driven by the success of the Orioles, and also by the new professional football presence, City chose to rebuild the stadium in 1950 as a "premier league caliber" facility, which they later renamed the Memorial Stadium to honor thousands of cities. died from the end of World War II. The reconstruction began in 1949 and was done gradually, slowly obliterating old Municipal stadiums, even as the Orioles International League continued to play with their makeshift diamonds, along with the new Baltimore Colts of the All-American Football Conference which was merged with the reorganization of the Football League national ball.
The New Memorial Stadium was completed in late spring/early summer of 1954 under the direction of Mayor's administration, Thomas LJ D'Alesandro, Jr. as the first major "league" season of the Orioles grew, costing $ 6.5 million under a project that began with expansion in 1950. Sitting 31,000 at the time, the new stadium consisted of one deck, horseshoe-shaped, with open end facing to the north, and is designed to host soccer and baseball. A roofless top deck was added later in 1953-1954 when St. Louis Browns of the American League was announced in November 1953 to be moved to Baltimore and became the new premier league version of the Baltimore Orioles, starting to play in April 1954 in the American League.
On April 15, 1954, thousands of Baltimoreans filled the city streets when new Oriole paraded from downtown in Baltimore City Hall to their new home at Memorial Stadium at 33rd Street for their first home game. During the 90-minute parade, the new "Birds" sign autographs, share pictures and throw Styrofoam balls into the crowd as the crowd lined up on some of the city's main streets ending on East 33rd Street. Inside, over 46,000 watched the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-1, to win their home opener and move to first place (though temporarily) in the American League.
Both the new Orioles and Colts have had some great success over the next few decades, winning several championships. Among the noteworthy Orioles who played here in the 1960s to the 90s were Jim Palmer pitchers, first baseman John (Boog) Powell and Eddie Murray, shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., third base Brooks Robinson, and outfielder Frank Robinson. Among the great players the Colts are quarterback Johnny Unitas, wide receiver Raymond Berry, and defenders Alan Ameche and Lenny Moore, as well as the tight end of John Mackey. Over the next few decades, both teams became one of the most competitive franchises and won in their sport, sending a number of players to their respective Halls of Fame. Following their amazing first championship victory in what is known as "The Greatest Game to Beed" versus New York Giants in the 1958 title game in New York City, Colts then repeated his achievements in next year's NFL championship game of 1959, the "Hosses" win, play in the stadium before the audience at home. It was the enthusiasm of Colts fans in particular that led to the stadium dubbed "The Greatest Outdoor Gesture Asanum in the World" by Cooper Rollow, NFL chief sports writer Chicagofield NAC "at the time.
Crash escalator crash
On May 2, 1964, a strange accident involving a stadium escalator caused the death of a teenage girl and injury to 46 other children. On that day, the Orioles held a "Safety Patrol Day" in honor of the school children who were on duty at their school security patrol, where they helped their student friends travel to and from school safely. For the event, 20,000 school children from across the state of Maryland were given free admission to the Orioles game against Indian Cleveland.
While the national anthem was played before the start of the game, hundreds of children began to ride escalators that traveled from the lower deck to the upper deck at the base of the three stadiums. Unfortunately, while three or four children at one time take the escalator at the bottom, the top of the escalator is blocked in part by a narrow metal gate that allows only one person to pass through. The children's masses are thus blocked at the top, and the children start falling back on top of each other in the destroyed body as other children continue to be under and due to the winding metal steps of the escalator continue moving below all of them. The moves cut and mutilated the children until the stadium's 65-year-old Melville Gibson finally reached the deadly escalator switch and turned off the escalator. Previously, the death switch had been moved to the wall opposite the escalator to prevent pranksters turning it off when people were on it.
A 14-year-old girl, Annette S. Costantini, was killed in the accident. Another 46 children were injured, some serious.
The gate at the top of the escalator - called the "people channeler" - seems to have been left there after the previous event, when the direction of the escalator has been diverted to move people down. The purpose of the gate is to control the flow of people entering the escalator. Shortly before the tragedy, the Orioles management had decided to open the upper deck of the stadium for members of the Safety Patrol who still arrived at the game time, after the children who arrived earlier had filled the benches. The children headed for the upper deck and climbed up the escalator.
It was the worst accident in the history of the stadium.
Plane crash
A small private plane crashed into the stadium building on December 19, 1976, just minutes after the end of the NFL playoff game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The plane, Piper Cherokee, buzzed the stadium, and then fell onto the upper deck overlooking the southern end zone. The Steelers have won the game easily (40-14), and most of the fans have already exited the stadium by the time the game ends. There were no serious injuries, and the pilots were arrested for violating air safety regulations.
Next year
In the most unusual step, Robert Irsay (1923-1997), then the owner of the Los Angeles Rams, and the then Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom (1907-1979) exchanged the franchise in 1972. Under the new Irsay regime, Colts' new general manager Joe Thomas (1921-1983) made some bold and ultimately profitable trades and drafts that once again brought the Colts to prominent positions in the NFL. However, in the late 80s/early 80s, major injuries (especially for their QB franchise, Bert Jones, which ironically went to the Rams) and unwise personnel moving by Irsay caused the team's fate to sag, and the presence in the simple stadium as well. Furthermore, neither Irsay nor the city could agree on much needed improvements to an old and ragged stadium, so Irsay started visiting other cities, trying to motivate the city or seduce the others. Finally, a quick trip stop with B.W.I. The airport conference was held with Mayor William Donald Schaefer (1921-2011), which also proved fruitful. Irsay then negotiated with Indiana officials and in Indianapolis with Mayor William H. Hudnut, III, and they shocked the sporting world by moving to Indianapolis, with the Mayflower Moving Company moving the van carrying the club equipment to Indiana in the middle of a snowy night in March 29, 1984, under threat of action introduced to the state legislature to begin a process of criticism for cities and states to affirm "leading domains" and take ownership of franchises on behalf of citizens and fans. This event dramatically altered the view of political stance on how best to address the need for further improvement of the Orioles stadium, the only remaining tenant.
Community reaction
When the decision to leave the Memorial Stadium (supporting the new downtown stadium) to be close, various groups of citizens began to organize opposition to the decision. In particular, the environment around the Memorial Stadium became anxious about the impact on their area of ​​"abandoned white elephants": no other uses would result in funds to maintain the site well. And there is no fund for dismantling and rebuilding. Although stadium events may have made periodic distractions for local life, it provided easy access to major sports leagues and special attention from the city for the maintenance of the area. No one in the local community is optimistic about the future of the environment.
The mayor and other power brokers, of course, know of a strong public opposition to subsidize a new baseball stadium. Community leaders throughout the city, as well as locally, also know this potential, but there are also shortages of leaders willing to take on this task (though this is never stated, and may not be known to the Mayor Schaefer). During this important period, local community leaders decided to "bid the petition" for certain considerations. To do this, local community groups form the "Coalition of Nearby Stadiums" (SNC) and negotiate the following: (1) Establishment of the official Stadion Redevelopment Stadium Stadium with public meetings and minutes; and, (2) a written promise by the Mayor Schaefer to provide initial funding for any dismantling and rebuilding resulting from this community process.
Over the next decade, when the public input process was slow, the Memorial Stadium hosted a small league baseball team and two new professional football teams. The Bowie Baysox, a minor league affiliate of the Orioles, played their inaugural 1993 season at the Memorial Stadium while roughly their permanent home was being built. When the Orioles were in their second season at Camden Yards, this gave Baltimore a rare distinction as the hosts of both major leagues and small league teams simultaneously; Today, New York City has the honor of the presence of the Brooklyn Cyclone and the Staten Island Yankees, affiliated with the Mets and Yankees, respectively.
The Baltimore Stallions played during the experiment "southern expansion" of the Canadian Football League to the United States. The team was originally known as the "Baltimore CFL Colts", but they were forced to change their name to Stallions (after a year of unnamed official play) when the NFL awarded a court order law preventing the CFL franchise from taking back the name "Colts". Owner Jim Speros took over the facility, exchanging tickets to the contractor for renovations to help bring the broken stadium to a workable condition. The Memorial Stadium is unique because it is one of the few US stadiums that can accommodate a 65-yard wide and 150 meters long from Canadian football field rules (most likely because it's designed for baseball as well as American football). On average over 30,000 spectators played for two years, Stallions eventually became the only American team to win the Gray Cup.
The Stallions of the CFL was eventually forced out of town when the owner of Cleveland Browns Art Modell announced he was transferring his team to Baltimore. After prolonged negotiations between Modell, the two cities and the NFL, it was decided that Modell would be allowed to bring his players and organizations to Baltimore as Ravens, while leaving Browns' name and heritage for the replacement team that returned in 1999. Ravens is a stadium tenant until the end of the regular season NFL 1997, when they moved to what is now the Bank M & amp; It was a farewell offer in style by both Orioles (in a pervading ceremony performed by many of Oriole's former players and performed by Hall of Famer announcer Ernie Harwell, who started his career here) and Ravens (who had many former Colts assembling to play last , run by Unitas.The show made Unitas hand over the ball to Lydell Mitchell, who then handed the ball over to Lenny Moore in reverse and Moore ran for a touchdown).
Through all of this, the Official Development Task Force meets and continues, negotiating about the prospects for long-term use. Society remains reasonably sensitive about the inappropriate use of this center-environment structure. When word leaked that the stadium was being considered for staging rock concerts, a group of neighbors organized a group of "People Against the Concert at Memorial Stadum" (PACAMS). As Baltimore decided to confirm or deny this story - without an immediate answer - a huge public opposition was developed. With the outbreak of outrage, City publicly confirmed his decision not to rent the site for rock concerts.
In solving the problem of rock concerts, a new spirit of proactive advocacy is lit in the community. In fact, there has been a division within the established environmental groups about the best tactics in securing a good future for the stadium. Should the groups use PACAMS direct action tactics, or use a quiet lobby by established groups?
The division is never solved, as individuals continue to work on different paths. In fact, PACAMS, after its success in preventing the use of stadiums for concerts, rearranged itself as "The People Raising the Community Agenda for Memorial Stadium" - continues with the successful acronym PACAMS. With PACAMS 'public advocacy, and groups standing' sticking to the more traditional lines of the community, it ultimately resulted in a large, well-attended public meeting, in which several reconstruction proposals were presented. The resulting community preferences for mixed-use development led to successful development now on the site.
Dismantling and rebuilding
Baltimore City asked for a proposal for site development. Most proposals conserve some or all of the stadiums, including memorials for World War II veterans and the words on the facade. One proposal even has schools that occupy the former Memorial Stadium office and the grounds used as recreational facilities for schools. Mayor Martin J. O'Malley, however, preferred the proposal that resulted in a total razing of the stadium, a move that many fought and protested. Former mayor and governor William Donald Schaefer protested that the stadium was destroyed for political reasons. The glorious and historic stadium was destroyed over a ten-month period beginning in April 2001. About 10,000 cubic meters of concrete debris was used to build artificial reefs on a 6-acre site at Chesapeake Bay three miles west of Tolchester Beach. , Maryland in 2002.
In 2005, the former Memorial Stadium site housed the largest YMCA facility in Maryland and the evolving vision of "Stadium Place", a mixed income community for seniors in Baltimore City. There are currently four senior apartment complexes and runs on site. All of this, political disputes, sports history and city attachment with a cursed landmark were captured in a documentary, "The Last Season, The Life and Demolition of Memorial Stadium."
New field
In 2010, work began with the development of a new recreational baseball/football field on this site (Cal Ripken Senior Youth Development Field), with home plate being in the exact same location as when the Memorial Stadium existed. The field was completed in December 2010. The ribbon cutting ceremony on 7 December was attended by Billy and Cal Ripken, and Governor Martin O'Malley.
Layout
The general layout of the Memorial Stadium is similar to a somewhat reduced version of Cleveland Stadium (later home of MLB Indians and NFL Browns). Due to the need to meet the soccer field in place, the playing area was initially quite large, especially in the middle ground and dirty area. Construction of the inside fence after 1958, however, reduced the size of the outfield. The addition of several rows of box chairs also reduced the rotting soil, eventually making the stadium more of the 'eater' garden than the original. It hosted Major League Baseball All-Star Game that year. The Memorial Stadium is one of several national venues to host the World Series, the MLB All-Star Game, and the NFL Championship match.
"Here"
The only ball that runs in the house ever completely out of the Memorial Stadium was beaten by Frank Robinson on Mother's Day in May 1966, outside the jug of Indian Luis Tiant. It cleans the single-deck part of the left field of the stands. A flag is then erected near where the ball clears the back wall, with only the word "HERE" on it.
The ball was taken by two children Mike Sparaco and Bill Wheatley then returned to Frank Robinson. The flag is now in the Baltimore Orioles "Sports Legends" museum on the old Camden Street Station, adjacent to the new 1992 baseball stadium.
Memorial Wall
The stadium's exterior wall behind the home plate is dominated by the following text, which covers most of the height of the stadium overlooking 33rd Street, as a warning to those killed in two world wars:
The last line is a quote from General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I and the first chairman of the US War Commerce Commission, 1923-1948.
The walls of the stadium and words were destroyed along with the rest of the stadium and thrown into the Chesapeake Bay, the final line is stored and is now outside Oriole Park on Camden Yards, the current Orioles stadium. A miniature recreation of the stadium walls is also outside of Oriole Park.
Renters
The Memorial Stadium also hosts several football games at the University of Maryland against opponents such as Clemson and Penn State. In 1988, the stadium served as a naval "home" for their annual football match against Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The average also served as home to two North American Soccer League teams of Baltimore, the Bays (1967-1968) and Comet (1974). Unlike the football gridiron located from the home plate to the central field, the soccer field is laid out with a true field line doubling as the finish line, the other on the left inside pitch and pitching the mound out of bounds. It also hosted the first game of NPSL Final 1967.
The Canadian Football League, Baltimore Stallions juga bermain di Stadion Memorial pada tahun 1994 dan 1995.
Kapasitas tempat duduk
Galeri foto: Pengabaian
Lihat juga
- Wild Bill Hagy
- Permainan Bisbol Kongres Amerika Serikat
Referensi
Sumber
- House of Magic , oleh Baltimore Orioles
- Tim Tuan Rumah , oleh James H. Bready
Tautan eksternal
- Memorial Stadium Demolition
- Stadion Memorial Baltimore, 1000 East Thirty-third Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD di American Historic Buildings Survey (HABS)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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