Veterans Stadium

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Veterans Stadium was a multi-purpose sports stadium in Philadelphia best known as the longtime home of the Phillies and Eagles before its demolition in 2004.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct sports venue
former Major League Baseball stadium
former National Football League stadium
multi-purpose stadium
alsoKnownAs The Vet
architecturalStyle concrete multi-purpose bowl
brokeGroundOn 1967-10-02
cityServed Philadelphia metropolitan area
closedOn 2003-09-28
constructionCost approximately $52 million
coordinateLocation 39.905°N 75.168°W
country United States of America
demolishedOn 2004-03-21
demolitionMethod implosion
homeVenueOf Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Phillies
hostedEvent 1980 NFC Championship Game
1980 World Series
1981 NFC Championship Game
1993 World Series
Army–Navy Game
Philadelphia Eagles home games
Philadelphia Phillies home games
Philadelphia Stars USFL home games
Temple Owls football home games
leagueHosted Major League Baseball
National Football League
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
South Philadelphia
namedFor military veterans
notableFeature upper-deck "700 level" seating
notableFor harsh artificial turf playing surface
on-site courtroom for unruly fans
openedAsHomeOf Philadelphia Eagles in 1971
Philadelphia Phillies in 1971
openedOn 1971-04-10
ownedBy Philadelphia
surface form: City of Philadelphia
partOf South Philadelphia Sports Complex
publicTransit Pattison Station (now NRG Station) on Broad Street Line
replaced Connie Mack Stadium
replacedBy Citizens Bank Park
Lincoln Financial Field
seatingCapacityBaseball around 62,000
seatingCapacityFootball around 65,000
surface AstroTurf
artificial turf

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1980 World Series ballparkNLTeam Veterans Stadium
Philadelphia Phillies formerHomeBallpark Veterans Stadium
Philadelphia Eagles formerStadium Veterans Stadium
1980 World Series game1Venue Veterans Stadium
1980 World Series game2Venue Veterans Stadium
1993 World Series game3Location Veterans Stadium
1993 World Series game4Location Veterans Stadium
1993 World Series game5Location Veterans Stadium
1980 World Series game6Venue Veterans Stadium
I-95 Series gameLocation Veterans Stadium
Wheeze Kids homeBallpark Veterans Stadium
1983 World Series homeBallparkNLTeam Veterans Stadium
Army–Navy Game notableVenue Veterans Stadium
Citizens Bank Park replaced Veterans Stadium
Connie Mack Stadium replacedBy Veterans Stadium
Shibe Park replacedBy Veterans Stadium
1981 NFC Wild Card Game stadium Veterans Stadium