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Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore,
Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street (aka 33rd Street
Memorial Stadium
Boulevard or renamed "Babe Ruth Plaza") on an oversized "The Old Grey Lady of 33rd Street"
block (officially designated as Venable Park, a former city park "The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum"
from the 1920s) also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue (west), 36th
Street (north), and Ednor Road (east). Two different stadiums
were located here, a 1922 version known as "Baltimore
Stadium", or "Municipal Stadium", or sometimes
'Venable Stadium', and, for a time, "Babe Ruth Stadium"
in reference to the then-recently deceased Baltimore native.
The rebuilt multi-sport stadium, when reconstruction
Address 900 East 33rd Street
(expansion to an upper deck) was completed in the summer of
Location Baltimore, Maryland
1954, would become known as "Memorial Stadium". The
stadium was also known as "The Old Gray Lady of 33rd Street", Coordinates 39°19′46″N 76°36′5″W
and also (for Colts games) as "The World's Largest Outdoor Owner City of Baltimore
Insane Asylum."[4] Operator Maryland Stadium Authority
Capacity 31,000 (1950)
47,855 (1953)
Contents 53,371 (1991)
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