Connie Mack Stadium

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Connie Mack Stadium was a historic Major League Baseball park in Philadelphia that served for decades as the primary home of the city’s professional baseball teams before its demolition in the 1970s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball stadium
sports venue
alsoUsedFor boxing events
concerts and public events
football games
other sporting events
architecturalStyle early 20th-century steel-and-concrete ballpark
capacity over 30,000 spectators
category Defunct Major League Baseball venues
Demolished sports venues in Pennsylvania
Sports venues in Philadelphia
city Philadelphia
constructionMaterial steel and concrete
country United States
demolished 1976
era dead-ball era to expansion era
finalMLBGame 1970
formerName Shibe Park
historicSignificance one of the earliest concrete-and-steel MLB parks
homeTeam Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
league Major League Baseball
location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
namedAfter Connie Mack
namedConnieMackStadiumFrom 1953
namedConnieMackStadiumUntil demolition
neighborhood North Philadelphia
notableEvent American League pennant races with the Athletics
National League pennant races with the Phillies
multiple World Series games
notableFeature double-decked grandstand
left-field bleachers
right-field roofed stands
opened 1909
ownershipHistory Philadelphia Athletics organization
Philadelphia Phillies organization
precededBy Columbia Park as home of the Philadelphia Athletics
primaryUse Major League Baseball games
replacedBy Veterans Stadium
status demolished
streetLocation 21st Street and Lehigh Avenue
succeededBy Veterans Stadium as home of the Philadelphia Phillies
surface natural grass
tenantsFrom Philadelphia Athletics 1909–1954
Philadelphia Phillies 1938–1970
usedUntil 1970


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