Stadium proximity:
Ballparks built on or near
the site of their predecessors
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Over the years, many baseball stadiums have been built right next to the stadiums which they replaced, and in two cases (St. Louis and Cincinnati) the two successive stadiums "overlapped" each other. In other cases, stadiums were built just a few blocks from their predecessors. This page depicts all such cases of close stadium proximity by means of special dual-thumbnail images in which the individual diagrams have been rotated so that north is always straight up. To see the stadium images, roll the mouse cursor over the city names. (For New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, there are separate thumbnail images for the American League and National League teams, depending on which part of the city it is.) To go to the page of that city's current stadium, click on the city name, or portion thereof.
For cities in which there was no close stadium proximity, rolling over the city names will display a standard thumbnail image of the current stadium, along with a text box showing its name, year of origin, and the previous MLB stadium (if any), and the distance in miles between the two. In a few cases, the name of and distance to the stadium one more generation back is shown as well. Eventually, this page will provide such information for all major league stadiums since the early 20th Century.
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AT&T Park * (2000-)
Replaced Candlestick Park *, about 5 miles to the south.
Oakland Coliseum * (1968- )
Never replaced since franchise relocated from Kansas City.
Dodger Stadium (1962- )
Replaced Memorial Coliseum, about 5 miles southwest.
Angels Stadium of Anaheim * (1966- )
After four years of cohabiting in Dodger Stadium, about 30 miles west-northwest.
PETCO PARK * (2004- )
Replaced Jack Murphy Stadium*, about 6 miles north-northeast.
Chase Field * (1998- )
Built for the Arizona Diamondbacks expansion franchise.
Coors Field (1995- )
Replaced Mile High Stadium, about 1.5 miles west-southwest.
Target Field (2010- )
Replaced the Metrodome (1982-2009), about 1 mile east-southeast.
Metrodome replaced Metropolitan Stadium (1961-1981), about eight miles south.
Wrigley Field (1916- )
Replaced West Side Grounds, about 5 miles south-southwest.
Kauffman Stadium (1973- )
Replaced K.C. Municipal Stadium (1955-1967; 1969-1972), about 4 miles northwest.
Busch Stadium II replaced Busch Stadium, a.k.a. "Sportsman's Park (1910-1966), about X miles north.
Minute Maid Park (2000- )
Replaced Astrodome, about 6 miles south-southwest.
Comerica Park (2000- )
Replaced Tiger Stadium, about 3 miles west-southwest.
Progressive Field (1994- )
Replaced Cleveland Stadium, about 1 mile north.
Rogers Centre (1989- )
Replaced Exhibition Stadium, about 2 miles west-southwest.
Olympic Stadium (1977-2004)
(No longer used.)
Replaced Jarry Park, about 4 miles west-southwest.
Fenway Park (1912- )
Replaced Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, about 1 miles south-southeast.
After ten years (1913-1922) of cohabiting with the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds, about one-half mile west-northwest.
After two years (1962-1963) in the Polo Grounds, about seven miles northwest.
Orioles Park at Camden Yards (1992- )
Replaced Memorial Stadium (1954-1991), about 3 miles north-northeast.
Nationals Park (2008- )
Replaced RFK Stadium (1962-1971, 2005-2007), about 2 miles east-northeast.
RFK replaced Griffith Stadium (1911-1961), about 3 miles northwest.
Marlins Park (2012- )
Replaced Dolphin Stadium, about 12 miles north.
Tropicana Field (1998- )
Inherited by the Tampa Bay Rays expansion franchise.
SOURCES: Lowry, Green Cathedrals (1992, 2006), National Geographic Road Atlas
(A much different version of this page was first posted in July, 2004.)
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