Milwaukee County Stadium

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baseball stadium former building sports venue

Milwaukee County Stadium was a former Major League Baseball ballpark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, best known as the longtime home of the Milwaukee Braves and later the Milwaukee Brewers.

Aliases (1)

Milwaukee County Municipal Stadium ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball stadium → former building → sports venue →
architect	Ellerbe & Company → Osborn Engineering →
brokeGround	1950 →
builtFor	attracting a Major League Baseball franchise →
capacity	over 50,000 →
capacityBaseball	approximately 53,000 →
city	Milwaukee →
closed	September 28, 2000 →
constructionStartDate	1950 →
coordinateLocation	43.028°N 87.971°W →
country	United States →
demolished	February 2001 →
demolitionDate	2001 →
fieldOrientation	home plate facing northeast →
formerName	Milwaukee County Municipal Stadium →
hasScoreboard	large center-field scoreboard →
homeTeam	Green Bay Packers → Milwaukee Braves → Milwaukee Brewers →
inception	1953 →
league	Major League Baseball →
locatedIn	Milwaukee → Wisconsin →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Milwaukee County →
notableEvent	1957 World Series games → 1958 World Series games → 1982 American League Championship Series games → 1982 World Series games → Hank Aaron’s 700th home run → Robin Yount’s 3,000th hit → Warren Spahn’s no-hitter on September 16, 1960 →
opened	April 6, 1953 →
openedForBaseball	April 14, 1953 →
ownedBy	Milwaukee County →
primaryUse	Major League Baseball →
replacedBy	American Family Field → Miller Park →
siteCurrentlyOccupiedBy	American Family Field parking lots →
state	Wisconsin →
surface	natural grass →
tenant	Green Bay Packers → Marquette Golden Avalanche football → Milwaukee Braves → Milwaukee Brewers →
usedFor	NFL games → college football games → concerts →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1982 World Series →	BrewersHomeBallpark
1957 World Series →	championHomeBallpark
Atlanta Braves →	formerHomeBallpark
Bernie Brewer →	formerHomeVenue
Milwaukee County Stadium ("Milwaukee County Municipal Stadium") →	formerName
1982 World Series →	game3Location
1957 World Series →	game3Venue
1982 World Series →	game4Location
1957 World Series →	game4Venue
1982 World Series →	game5Location
1957 World Series →	game5Venue
Braves Field →	replacedBy
American Family Field →	replacedFacility