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The concourse outside of the east side of Busch Stadium. The parking lot to the north is ready for redevelopment.
Busch Stadium - I was at the ball game, we were sitting in the Outfield Terrace box. I was looking around the stadium and saw the sky which looked awesome! (submitted by Jeremy Given | July 16)
Crowd waits to enter the old Busch Stadium for a Cardinals game. I do not remember who the Cardinals were playing that day.
The Cardinals defeated the Reds, 7-2, Aug. 13, 1965. My friend Bill and I sneaked into the box seats. The Cards had won the World Series the season before but slipped to 7th place in 1965,
An incredible line-up of players performed that night. For the Reds: Rose, Pinson, F. Robinson and T. Perez; for the Cardinals: Brock, Groat, Flood, B. White and K. Boyer.
This was the last full year for Busch Stadium (formerly Sportsmans Park, also home of the St. Louis Browns until 1953). The new Busch (and recently razed) Stadium opened in the middle of the 1966 season.
Stan Musial is revered in St. Louis as one of the best baseball players of all time. Musial Plaza in front of Busch Stadium is one of the most popular places to meet before a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game. Everyone in St. Louis knows what it means when someone says "I'll meet you at Stan the Man." A large (and unfortunately oddly misshapen) statute of Stan Musial stands in front of the Third Base side entrance to the stadium. The statute was moved to new Busch Stadium from the former plaza at old Busch. The center section of the Musial Plaza features a giant baseball with Musial’s signature inlaid in the center. Surrounding his signature are granite pavers with the name of each member of his family. On the top and bottom of the baseball there are granite pavers featuring many of Musial’s impressive career statistics. The baseball itself is surrounded by 111 personalized granite pavers and 3,630 additional pavers, one for each of Musial’s hits, spread out from the baseball around the plaza.
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Taken exactly as it appeared at www.buschstadium.net/ on 17 NOV 2010:
"Busch Stadium, home to the Major League Baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals, is actually the third stadium to carry the name Busch. The first stadium was Sportsman’s Park, but was renamed to Busch Stadium after Cardinals team owner, Gussie Busch. It closed in 1966 and Busch Memorial Stadium was built to house both the baseball Cardinals as well as the National Football League St. Louis Cardinals.
The “new” Busch Stadium was opened in April 2006 after a long battle to see it built. The Cardinals owners started lobbying for a new ballpark in downtown St. Louis in 1995, but funding was inaccessible for several years. An agreement was reached in 2001 with the State of Missouri, but nearly a year later the funding bill was struck down. Team owners sought locations away from the downtown area, until the city of St. Louis came up with a financing plan to get the ballpark built in downtown. Private bonds, bank loans, funding from St. Louis County as well as team owner investments totaling $346 million finally came together and the dream of a new stadium was realized.
The new Busch Stadium was designed by HOK Sport and constructed by Hunt Construction in three major phases: first was construction of the south side of the new stadium, followed by demolition of the old Busch Memorial Stadium in the winter of 2005, and lastly the construction of the north side of the stadium. The field and terrace level seats and bleachers were completed in time for opening day with a capacity of over 37,000. By late May, the seating area construction was completed including party rooms and suites, increasing total stadium capacity to over 46,000.
The new stadium has an open-air design with a panoramic view of the downtown St. Louis skyline, including the Gateway Arch. The traditional green fences and red seats remain part of the design from the old stadium. While a new electronic scoreboard is used, the old scoreboard is on display as a monument to the old stadium as well. Additional homage to the old stadium holds true in the statues of previous Cardinal players appear outside the entrances, including Stan “The Man” Musial.
In the 2006 season, every game was sold out, resulting in 3.4 million attendance for the season, which was the second largest season in team history. In October 2006, Busch Stadium hosted its first playoff games with the Cardinals defeating the San Diego Padres with three games to one in the series. The Cardinals went on to win the 2006 National League Championship in seven games. Busch Stadium hosted its first World Series games against the Detroit Tigers with the Cardinals winning all three games on their home turf, and went on to win their 10th World Series Championship with a win of four games to one.
This exciting inaugural year for Busch Stadium was one for the books as well since this was the first time that a new stadium’s occupants won a World Series in its first year since 1923.
A portion of the new stadium was built on the former stadium’s ground site, with the remaining old stadium grounds being earmarked for Ballpark Village, a commercial and residential project that will add $300 million to the cost of the entire Busch Stadium project. The Ballpark Village will also include a new St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame. The Busch Stadium has been selected to host the 2009 All-Star Game by the Major League Baseball commission."
Went to Busch Stadium to see the Cardinals beat the Marlins. First baseball game I'd been to in years! Felt awesome
The stadium is the third stadium in St. Louis to carry the name Busch Stadium. Sportsman's Park was renamed Busch Stadium in 1953, after team owner Gussie Busch. The first Busch Stadium closed in 1966 and both the baseball Cardinals, and the National Football League (NFL)'s team of the same name (now the Arizona Cardinals) moved to a new multi-purpose stadium, named Busch Memorial Stadium. However, the current stadium is actually a corporate name and named after Anheuser-Busch, not Gussie Busch. The naming rights deal was signed in 2004 and would extend from the stadium's opening in 2006 until 2026.
The view of Busch Stadium from the top of the St. Louis Arch. Taken December 2005. The bare patch to the right of the partially completed stadium is where the old stadium stood.
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Taken exactly as it appeared at www.buschstadium.net/ on 17 NOV 2010:
"Busch Stadium, home to the Major League Baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals, is actually the third stadium to carry the name Busch. The first stadium was Sportsman’s Park, but was renamed to Busch Stadium after Cardinals team owner, Gussie Busch. It closed in 1966 and Busch Memorial Stadium was built to house both the baseball Cardinals as well as the National Football League St. Louis Cardinals.
The “new” Busch Stadium was opened in April 2006 after a long battle to see it built. The Cardinals owners started lobbying for a new ballpark in downtown St. Louis in 1995, but funding was inaccessible for several years. An agreement was reached in 2001 with the State of Missouri, but nearly a year later the funding bill was struck down. Team owners sought locations away from the downtown area, until the city of St. Louis came up with a financing plan to get the ballpark built in downtown. Private bonds, bank loans, funding from St. Louis County as well as team owner investments totaling $346 million finally came together and the dream of a new stadium was realized.
The new Busch Stadium was designed by HOK Sport and constructed by Hunt Construction in three major phases: first was construction of the south side of the new stadium, followed by demolition of the old Busch Memorial Stadium in the winter of 2005, and lastly the construction of the north side of the stadium. The field and terrace level seats and bleachers were completed in time for opening day with a capacity of over 37,000. By late May, the seating area construction was completed including party rooms and suites, increasing total stadium capacity to over 46,000.
The new stadium has an open-air design with a panoramic view of the downtown St. Louis skyline, including the Gateway Arch. The traditional green fences and red seats remain part of the design from the old stadium. While a new electronic scoreboard is used, the old scoreboard is on display as a monument to the old stadium as well. Additional homage to the old stadium holds true in the statues of previous Cardinal players appear outside the entrances, including Stan “The Man” Musial.
In the 2006 season, every game was sold out, resulting in 3.4 million attendance for the season, which was the second largest season in team history. In October 2006, Busch Stadium hosted its first playoff games with the Cardinals defeating the San Diego Padres with three games to one in the series. The Cardinals went on to win the 2006 National League Championship in seven games. Busch Stadium hosted its first World Series games against the Detroit Tigers with the Cardinals winning all three games on their home turf, and went on to win their 10th World Series Championship with a win of four games to one.
This exciting inaugural year for Busch Stadium was one for the books as well since this was the first time that a new stadium’s occupants won a World Series in its first year since 1923.
A portion of the new stadium was built on the former stadium’s ground site, with the remaining old stadium grounds being earmarked for Ballpark Village, a commercial and residential project that will add $300 million to the cost of the entire Busch Stadium project. The Ballpark Village will also include a new St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame. The Busch Stadium has been selected to host the 2009 All-Star Game by the Major League Baseball commission."
Taken exactly as it appeared at www.buschstadium.net/ on 17 NOV 2010:
"Busch Stadium, home to the Major League Baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals, is actually the third stadium to carry the name Busch. The first stadium was Sportsman’s Park, but was renamed to Busch Stadium after Cardinals team owner, Gussie Busch. It closed in 1966 and Busch Memorial Stadium was built to house both the baseball Cardinals as well as the National Football League St. Louis Cardinals.
The “new” Busch Stadium was opened in April 2006 after a long battle to see it built. The Cardinals owners started lobbying for a new ballpark in downtown St. Louis in 1995, but funding was inaccessible for several years. An agreement was reached in 2001 with the State of Missouri, but nearly a year later the funding bill was struck down. Team owners sought locations away from the downtown area, until the city of St. Louis came up with a financing plan to get the ballpark built in downtown. Private bonds, bank loans, funding from St. Louis County as well as team owner investments totaling $346 million finally came together and the dream of a new stadium was realized.
The new Busch Stadium was designed by HOK Sport and constructed by Hunt Construction in three major phases: first was construction of the south side of the new stadium, followed by demolition of the old Busch Memorial Stadium in the winter of 2005, and lastly the construction of the north side of the stadium. The field and terrace level seats and bleachers were completed in time for opening day with a capacity of over 37,000. By late May, the seating area construction was completed including party rooms and suites, increasing total stadium capacity to over 46,000.
The new stadium has an open-air design with a panoramic view of the downtown St. Louis skyline, including the Gateway Arch. The traditional green fences and red seats remain part of the design from the old stadium. While a new electronic scoreboard is used, the old scoreboard is on display as a monument to the old stadium as well. Additional homage to the old stadium holds true in the statues of previous Cardinal players appear outside the entrances, including Stan “The Man” Musial.
In the 2006 season, every game was sold out, resulting in 3.4 million attendance for the season, which was the second largest season in team history. In October 2006, Busch Stadium hosted its first playoff games with the Cardinals defeating the San Diego Padres with three games to one in the series. The Cardinals went on to win the 2006 National League Championship in seven games. Busch Stadium hosted its first World Series games against the Detroit Tigers with the Cardinals winning all three games on their home turf, and went on to win their 10th World Series Championship with a win of four games to one.
This exciting inaugural year for Busch Stadium was one for the books as well since this was the first time that a new stadium’s occupants won a World Series in its first year since 1923.
A portion of the new stadium was built on the former stadium’s ground site, with the remaining old stadium grounds being earmarked for Ballpark Village, a commercial and residential project that will add $300 million to the cost of the entire Busch Stadium project. The Ballpark Village will also include a new St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame. The Busch Stadium has been selected to host the 2009 All-Star Game by the Major League Baseball commission."