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Cincinnati Red Stockings
History
The Red Stockings complete their famed undefeated season, proving professional baseball's viability as a commercial product -
New Orleans "street car stadium"
History of the Pelicans
A street car line in New Orleans built a new ballpark while providing direct financial banking for the city's minor league team, the Pelicans. -
Cincinnati Reds Palace of the Fans
Palace of the Fans History
The reds include concrete and steel in prominent portions of their stadium, a move that influenced construction elsewhere. -
Harvard University Makes Huge Strides
Harvard Stadium
Harvard University, after following the lead of the Cincinnati reds, builds the first steel-reinforced concrete football facility. It remains a national landmark and is still used til this day -
Philadelphia's Shibe Park Opens
Shibe Park History
Home the the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies, both who won their first games at the stadium, defeating the Boston Red Sox and the Montreal Expos, respectively -
Pittsburgh's Forbes Field
Forbes Field History
Following Philadelphia's lead, Forbes Field opened about two and one half months later. Home to the MLB's Pirates, NFL's Steelers and also the University of Pittsburgh Football team -
Construction in Cleveland
Cleveland dismantled the wooden grandstands of League Park, replacing them with a concrete and steel double deck structure -
New York's Famed Polo Grounds
Polo Grounds and its multiple uses
Renovated in 1911 with new concrete and steel sections after a raging fire destroyed most of the ballpark in April. -
Detroit's Navin Stadium
Navin Stadium
Detroit flexes its industrial muscle, opening Navin Stadium, now know as Tiger Stadium, home to the MLB's Detroit Tigers -
Boston Christens Fenway
Fenway Park
The Boston Red Sox open Fenway Park, this construction boom included some minor league stadiums as well. But the MLB's were most impressive, with Fenway at the top of the list -
Yale and Princeton a few Years Behind
Harvard's biggest rivals on the gridiron did not construct large facilities similar to Harvard's until 1914 -
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University of Illinois - Memorial Stadium
Game Film!
This beautiful stadium opened its gates, University officials regarded it as a public relations vehicle and an engine of regional growth -
Chicago's Soldier Field
History of Soldier Field
Opening of soldier field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears. This stadium was publicly financed -
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Remembering the Coliseum
Opening of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, home to the NFL's Cleveland Browns. This stadium was publicly financed -
Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium
History of the Stadium
Minnesota opens Metropolitan Stadium, it reflects the sports architecture on the era -
St. Louis's Busch Stadium
Video History
This stadium had 55 private stadium boxes and 39 suites. In 1970 the grass field was converted to artificial turf -
Riverfront Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium Open
Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium and Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium open, national covereage focuses on the integration of modern turf into the stadiums design -
Louisiana Superdome
Turf Installation Video
This indoor facility was inspired by the focus of indoor entertainment. This was a massive facility and is so large that the entire Astrodome could be physically contained within its interior -
Giants Home is Open
Stadium Tribute
The NFL's New York Giants abandoned their long time home at Yankee Stadium to play in a football only facility in East Rutherford New Jersey The New York Yankees renovate to ensure that they stay and do not move across the Hudson River -
Miami Dolphins Find a New Home
History of Joe Robbie
Owner of the Dolphins at the time, Joe Robbie, finances his own stadium in South Florida, the doors to this stadium opened in 1987 -
Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones Interview
Extracts over $37 million in stadium related revenues, in part by adding sixty eight luxury suites. Jones more than doubled the stadium revenue of any other team that year and generated a 25 percent increase in the value of his team -
New Standards!
The 160 million spent on the Super Dome in 1976 was now not enough, 450 million was the new standard -
Safeco Field Opens
Walking TourSafeco Field, home to the MLB's Seattle Mariners opens. It costs them 517 million and it is considered an upper scale stadium -
Super Bowl XXXIII
Superbowl XXXIII Highlights
Broncos vs Falcons, total gross revenue for television broadcasting were approximately $150 million. Super bowl is the most watched sporting event in America -
Cleveland Browns = CASH
Relatively new to the NFL the Browns crafted a stadium package that yielded the team $49 million in annual revenues before the team ever played a single down! -
9/11 Terrorists Attacks
9/11 and its impact on sports
This tradgedy had a profound impact on many United States institutions, including sports -
Gillette Stadium - First Game
History
First regular season game for the New England Patriots in the brand new Gillette Stadium, President George W. Bush stood close by while the coin toss took place.
