Memorial Stadium
| Location | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Last major league game | September 30, 1991 |
| Capacity |
54,000 |
| Owned By |
City of Baltimore |
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Architect: |
L.P. Kooken Company
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Dimensions:
Left
Left-Center
Center
Right-Center
Right
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309 ft.
446 ft. (1954), 447 ft. (1955), 405 ft. (1956), 380 ft. (1958), 370 ft. (1962), 385 ft. (1970), 375 ft. (1976), 378 ft. (1977), 376 ft. (1980), 378 ft. (1990)
445 ft. (1954), 450 ft. (1955), 425 ft. (1956), 410 ft. (1958), 400 ft. (1976), 405 ft. (1977), 410 ft. (1978), 405 ft. (1980);
446 ft. (1954), 447 ft. (1955), 405 ft. (1956), 380 ft. (1958), 370 ft. (1962), 385 ft. (1970), 375 ft. (1976), 378 ft. (1977), 376 ft. (1980), 378 ft. (1990)
309 ft.
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Memorial Stadium was a stadium that formerly stood in Baltimore, Maryland. It hosted the Baltimore Orioles for baseball from 1954 – 1991, the Baltimore Colts from 1953 – 1983 and the Baltimore Ravens from 1996 – 1998 for American football and the Baltimore Stallions for Canadian football from 1994 – 1995. The stadium hosted the Bowie Baysox of the Eastern League for minor-league baseball for a few years after the Orioles left.
Memorial Stadium was completed in 1950 at a cost of $6.5 million. Seating 31,000 at the time, the stadium consisted of a single, horseshoe-shaped deck, and was intended to host football and minor-league baseball. An upper deck was added four years later when the Orioles moved to Baltimore.
The stadium was initially quite large in center field for baseball due to the need to fit a football field on the premises, and foul territory was also quite large as well. The construction of inner fences after 1958, however, shrunk the size of the outfield somewhat.
The stadium was demolished over a ten-month period beginning in April 2001. Much of the stadium was used to build an artificial reef in Chesapeake Bay.
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