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Baltimore Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an oversized block officially called Venable Park, a former city park from the 1920s. The site was bound by Ellerslie Avenue to the west, 36th Street to the north, and Ednor Road to the east.
Starting as Municipal Stadium, a single deck enclosure built in the 1920s, it hosted numerous high school and college football games, including two Army-Navy contests, before the minor league Orioles moved there in 1944 following a July 4 fire that destroyed their small wooden baseball park.
Located on East 33rd Street between Ellerslie Avenue and Ednor Road, north of the city’s downtown waterfront, Baltimore Memorial Stadium was home field for Major League Baseball’s Orioles, the National Football League’s Colts and, briefly, in the late 1990s, the NFL’s Ravens.
In the heart of Baltimore, Maryland, stands a ballpark that has etched its name into the annals of baseball history: Memorial Stadium. Serving as the home of the Baltimore Orioles from 1954 until 1991, this iconic ballpark was more than just a venue for baseball games.
Starting as Municipal Stadium, a single deck enclosure built in the 1920s, it hosted numerous high school and college football games, including two Army-Navy contests, before the minor league Orioles moved there in 1944 following a July 4 fire that destroyed their small wooden baseball park.
Memorial Stadium was located at 900 East 33rd Street in Baltimore, a mile northeast of Oriole Parks (I)-(V).1 Memorial Stadium was the home of the American League Baltimore Orioles from 1954 to 1991, and the National Football League Baltimore Colts from 1953 through 1983.2
Memorial Stadium was more than just yard lines and end zones; it was also the heart of Baltimore’s baseball history. The Orioles hit many a home run here, making memories that’d stick with fans like gum under a ballpark seat!
Memorial Stadium, Photo Courtesy of Historic American Buildings Society. Located in Baltimore’s Waverly neighborhood, Memorial Stadium was the home field for Major League Baseball’s Orioles, the National Football League’s Colts and for a few years in the late 1990’s, the NFL Ravens.
Memorial Stadium was a great place to watch a baseball game, but an terrible place to watch football. It was the home of the Baltimore Colts from 1953 until 1983.
Memorial Stadium. Baltimore, Maryland. Tenants: Baltimore Orioles (AL); Baltimore Colts & Ravens (NFL). Opened: 1950. First Orioles Game: April 15, 1954. Last Orioles game: October 6, 1991. Demolished: April 21, 2001 (begun November 2000); the Memorial Wall was finally demolished in February 2002. Surface: Bluegrass.