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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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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1993 World Series → PhiladelphiaHomeBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ

1983 National League pennant → associatedWithBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ

1980 World Series → ballparkNLTeam → Veterans Stadium ⓘ

Philadelphia Eagles–New York Giants rivalry → formerEaglesHomeStadium → 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 ⓘ

Philadelphia Phillies–Atlanta Braves rivalry → historicalHomeBallparkForPhiladelphiaPhillies → Veterans Stadium ⓘ

Wheeze Kids → homeBallpark → Veterans Stadium ⓘ

1983 World Series → homeBallparkNLTeam → Veterans Stadium ⓘ

Army–Navy Game → notableVenue → Veterans Stadium ⓘ

New York Mets–Philadelphia Phillies rivalry → previousPhilliesHomeBallpark → 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 ⓘ