Veterans Stadium

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defunct sports venue former Major League Baseball stadium former National Football League stadium multi-purpose stadium

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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Label Occurrences
Veterans Stadium canonical 29
Veterans Stadium as Phillies home 1

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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Philadelphia Phillies → formerHomeBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
Philadelphia Eagles → formerStadium → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
Philadelphia Eagles–New York Giants rivalry → formerEaglesHomeStadium → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1983 National League pennant → associatedWithBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1980 World Series → ballparkNLTeam → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1980 World Series → game1Venue → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1980 World Series → game2Venue → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1980 World Series → game6Venue → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1993 World Series → PhiladelphiaHomeBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1993 World Series → game3Location → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1993 World Series → game4Location → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1993 World Series → game5Location → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1983 World Series → homeBallparkNLTeam → 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 ⓘ
New York Mets–Philadelphia Phillies rivalry → previousPhilliesHomeBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
Philadelphia Phillies–Atlanta Braves rivalry → historicalHomeBallparkForPhiladelphiaPhillies → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
Wheeze Kids → homeBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
I-95 Series → gameLocation → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
Army–Navy Game → notableVenue → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
South Philadelphia Sports Complex → hasFormerVenue → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
The Linc → replaces → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
The Bank → replaced → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veterans Stadium as Phillies home
The Vet → officialName → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1980 NFC Championship Game → stadium → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
1981 NFC Championship Game → stadium → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame → formerLocation → Veterans Stadium ⓘ
Game 5 (1993 World Series) → ballpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ