New york baseball stadiums history. There used to be a ballpark. These days new yorkers have some elegant stadiums to watch both major and minor league ballbut the oldest among them the richmond county bank ballpark and mcu park where the staten island. The following is a list of major league baseball stadiums their locations their first year of usage and home teams.
During the 1862 season william cammeyer enclosed the union grounds in brooklyn new york and began charging admission becoming the first official stadium in baseball history. The queens stadium was named for lawyer william a. This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in the five boroughs of new york city.
A second deck was added to the ballpark that year and the first polo grounds had a seating capacity of 12000. Shea who put together the deal for a municipal stadium for the new team. Renamed the giants in 1885 the team played their last game here on october 13 1888.
Bronx east 161st street north left field. Yankee stadium 1923 occupant. Yankee stadium in new york dubbed the house that ruth built to coincide with the career of new york yankees slugger babe ruth the new york yankees built the original yankee stadium in 1923.
The fee was 10 and the first game featured with a cover charge was played on april 18 1869 between local players. From the new york yankees museum to lobels yankee stadium has a lot to offer yankees fans. From hilltop park to the polo grounds to the new yankee stadium and citi field new yorkers have had great places to catch a game.
The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed. New york yankees al 19231973 19762008 location. Originally known as the new york gothams the team played their first game here on may 1 1883.
From 1964 through 2008 shea stadium existed in all its tacky charm in the borough of queens housing the mets who replaced the unfaithful giants and dodgers as the new york national league team. The yankees and mets would train in. Fenway park in boston home of the boston red sox is the oldest having opened in 1912.
The history of baseball stadiums in new york seems like a history of baseball itself.