Memorial Stadium
Located in Baltimore, Maryland

Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street (aka 33rd Street Boulevard, renamed "Babe Ruth Plaza") on an oversized block (officially designated as Venable Park, a former city park from the 1920s) also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue (west), 36th Street (north), and Ednor Road (east). Two stadiums were located here, a 1922 version known as Baltimore Stadium or Municipal Stadium, or sometimes Venable Stadium, and, for a time, Babe Ruth Stadium in reference to the then-recently deceased Baltimore native. The rebuilt multi-sport stadium, when reconstruction (expansion to an upper deck) was completed in the middle of 1954, would become known as Memorial Stadium. The stadium was also known as The Old Gray Lady of 33rd Street, and also (for Colts games) as The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum.

Memorial Stadium

Design Modern

Surface Grass

Capacity 53,371

Outfield 309-376-405-376-309

Location 900 East 33rd Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

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Known As

Memorial Stadium 1954‑1991

World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum (nickname)

Teams

Orioles (MLB) 1954-1991

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