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The Louisiana Superdome
For the past 50 years, the Superdome has interwoven itself within the culture of New Orleans. Having risen at a time when the rest of the...

David Hegler
Feb 9, 20254 min read


Tulane Stadium
To date, the city of New Orleans has hosted 11 Super Bowls and 91 Sugar Bowls. However, the first three Super Bowls and the first 40...

David Hegler
Feb 5, 20254 min read


Madison Square Garden III
While Madison Square Garden is widely known as one of the leading athletic venues in the world, there are layers to its rich story....

David Hegler
Feb 3, 20253 min read


Maple Leaf Gardens
Deep in the heart of Toronto stands an ancient relic of a bygone era. In its heyday, it was home to nine Stanley Cup champions while...

David Hegler
Jan 29, 20255 min read


The Boston Garden
Few arenas have earned as much mystique as the Boston Garden. It was almost as if it was created specifically to play mind games with...

David Hegler
Jan 16, 20254 min read


The Spectrum
Deep in the heart of the Philadelphia Sports Complex stood a stadium that bristled with energy and bustled with memories nearly every...

David Hegler
Jan 12, 20254 min read


Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
In the years before the Lakers moved into the Fabulous Forum, they played their home games adjacent to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum....

David Hegler
Jan 11, 20252 min read


Grand Olympic Auditorium
The climax of the first Rocky movie was set in Philadelphia's Spectrum Arena , but it wasn't filmed there. Instead, Sylvester Stallone...

David Hegler
Jan 11, 20253 min read


Soldier Field: 100 Years Told in 100 Facts
Chicago's historic Soldier Field celebrated a century of service to its community on October 9, 2024. Before the calendar turns to the...

David Hegler
Dec 28, 20245 min read


Candlestick Park
Few stadiums have been both despised and loved as much as Candlestick Park. Nestled on the edge of San Francisco and resting against the...

David Hegler
Dec 20, 202413 min read


Exposition Park
Before there was Three Rivers, Exposition Park was the center of entertainment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While there were technically...

David Hegler
Dec 14, 20244 min read


Cartier Field
The University of Notre Dame was in a bind. After years of playing in a field where spectators could watch for free, the university...

David Hegler
Dec 10, 20242 min read


War Memorial Stadium
Few stadiums have defined the old NFL quite like Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium. The simply built structure stood out with its abnormally...

David Hegler
Dec 7, 20243 min read


Camp Randall: the Civil War Years
Long before the University of Wisconsin football team took center stage, Camp Randall served a vital role in the Civil War. When the...

David Hegler
Dec 3, 20243 min read


Griffith Stadium
In the hallway of Howard University's hospital lies a marker in the shape of a home plate with a large picture of a ballpark from...

David Hegler
Nov 21, 20244 min read


The Seattle Kingdome
Seattle craved for a professional sports team but lacked a stadium big enough to hold the kinds of crowds that NFL and MLB games...

David Hegler
Oct 24, 20246 min read


Philadelphia Municipal Stadium
The Philadelphia Sports Complex has held countless sporting events since its birth in 1926, but it was one venue that drew crowds beyond...

David Hegler
May 25, 20243 min read


Congress Street Grounds
In the heart of a bustling business district within South Boston once stood a ballpark. While the old ballpark was around, Boston was...

David Hegler
Mar 13, 20242 min read


The Warehouse at Petco Park
San Diego's Petco Park is routinely listed among baseball's most beautiful ballparks. With the rich city landscape that looms over the...

David Hegler
Mar 11, 20242 min read


League Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium captivated the city for years, but the cavernous stadium was far from the city's first sporting venue. From...

David Hegler
Feb 21, 20243 min read
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