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🏟️ Stadiums of the University of Albany Great Danes 🐶

🏈 Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Opened: 2013 | Capacity: 8,500

🏀 SEFCU Arena (now Broadview Center)
Opened: 1992 | Capacity: 3,800

#UAlbany #GreatDanes #StadiumHistory #CollegeSports #AlbanyNY #Throwback #CampusLife

September 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM Everybody can reply

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🏟️ Brown Stadium, Providence, RI
🐻 Home of the Brown University Bears
📅 Brown vs. Georgetown — 9/21/25
📖 Opened: 1925 | 👥 Capacity: 20,000

#BrownStadium #Providence #IvyLeague #CollegeFootball #BrownBears #GoBears #BrownU #BrownFootball #StadiumHistory #Groundhopping #CFB

September 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM Everybody can reply

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📍 Subaru Park, Chester, PA — circa 2015
Home of the Philadelphia Union (MLS)
Opened: 2010 • Capacity: 18,500
🥨🛎️⚽️ 🍀

#PPLPark #SubaruPark #PhiladelphiaUnion #DOOP #SonsOfBen #MLS #MajorLeagueSoccer #Groundhopping #StadiumHistory #SoccerStadiums #ChesterPA #Philadelphia #Philly #DelawareRiver

September 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM Everybody can reply

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🏟️ Dantestadion, Munich (opened 1928, cap. 12,000)
Home of the 🏈 Munich Cowboys 🇩🇪 since 1979.
⚽ Also a post-WWII home for Bayern Munich & TSV 1860 before their return to Grünwalder.

#MunichCowboys #Dantestadion #BayernMunich #TSV1860 #StadiumHistory

September 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM Everybody can reply

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📍 Charles McCulloch Stadium – Ted Ogdahl Field
🏟️ Salem, OR | circa 2003
🎓 Home of the Willamette University Bearcats
📅 Opened: 1950
👥 Capacity: 2,500

#CharlesMcCullochStadium #TedOgdahlField #WillametteUniversity #Bearcats #Seahawks #CollegeFootball #DivisionIII #NWC #StadiumHistory

September 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM Everybody can reply

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Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX — circa 2004 & 2021 🏟️
Home of the TCU Horned Frogs 🐸
Opened: 1930 | Capacity: 47,000

#AmonGCarterStadium #TCU #TCUFootball #HornedFrogs #FortWorth #FortWorthTexas #StadiumHistory #CollegeFootball #NCAA #Big12 #GoFrogs

September 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM Everybody can reply

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📍 Site of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NY — now the Ebbets Field Apartments 🏙️
Once home of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1913–1957) ⚾ before their move to Los Angeles.

#EbbetsField #BrooklynDodgers #Brooklyn #BaseballHistory #StadiumHistory #JackieRobinson #SportsHistory #Dodgers #LosAngelesDodgers

August 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM Everybody can reply

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Oakland Coliseum 🏟️ Opened 1966 | 46,847 (⚾) / 55,000 (🏈).
Ex-home of A’s (1968–2024) & Raiders (’66–81, ’95–19).
Now hosts Oakland Roots (⚽) & SF Unicorns (🏏).

#OaklandColiseum #OaklandAthletics #Raiders #StadiumHistory #Ballpark

August 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM Everybody can reply

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The House That Ruth Built — Gone.
The demolition of old Yankee Stadium in the Bronx took place in 2009, after the new Yankee Stadium opened across the street.🏟️⚾️

#YankeeStadium #Bronx #NewYorkYankees #MLB #BaseballHistory #StadiumHistory #Ballpark #Demolition #AllRise #AaronJudge #StadiumVagabond

August 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM Everybody can reply

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NEW BLOG POST…Then and Now at the US Open: Returning to Arthur Ashe Stadium 27 Years After Its Debut

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#USOpen #Tennis #GrandSlam #ArthurAsheStadium #TennisHistory #StadiumHistory #ThenAndNow #TennisCourt #USTA #ATP #WTA #TennisPlayer #Sports

Then and Now at the US Open: Returning to Arthur Ashe Stadium 27 Years After Its Debut

A photo essay on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens—home of the US Open—highlighting the evolution of its stadiums and courts from 1997 to 2024.

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August 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM Everybody can reply

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📍Commanders Field (known as FedExField at the time), Landover, MD — circa 2019
🏈 Home of the Washington Commanders
📅 Opened: 1997
🎟️ Capacity: 62,000 (down from original 80,000+)

#CommandersField #FedExField #WashingtonCommanders #NFLStadiums #StadiumHistory #DCFootball #NFL #FootballHistory

August 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto — c.1988. Home of the Blue Jays & Argos (1959–1999).
Same view in 2025: BMO Field, home of Toronto FC & Argos, 2026 FIFA World Cup venue.

#BlueJays #Toronto #CFL #BMOField #TorontoFC #MLS #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup2026 #StadiumHistory #SportsHistory #Canada

August 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM Everybody can reply

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📍Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA — 30 years apart: circa 1995 and 2025
🏟️ Home of the Penn State Nittany Lions
📅 Opened in 1960 | 👥 Capacity: 106,572

#PennState #PSU #WeAre #NittanyLions #BeaverStadium #HappyValley #BigTen #BigTenFootball #CollegeFootball #CFB #StadiumHistory #FootballStadium

July 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM Everybody can reply

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📍Waldo Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI — circa 2019
Home of the Western Michigan University Broncos 🐎
Opened: 1939
Capacity: 30,200

#WaldoStadium #WesternMichigan #WMUBroncos #KalamazooMI #CollegeFootball #NCAAF #StadiumHistory #BroncoNation #MACtion #FootballTradition #Groundhopper

July 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM Everybody can reply

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📍Harold Alfond Sports Arena, Orono, ME — circa 2014
Home of the University of Maine Black Bears 🐻‍❄️
Opened: 1977
Capacity: 5,712 (BB); 5,125 (hockey)

#TheAlfond #OronoME #UniversityOfMaine #MaineBlackBears #CollegeHockey #StadiumHistory #ArenaTour #HockeyArena #UMaine #SportsVenues #HockeyTradition

July 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM Everybody can reply

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📍Villanova Stadium, Villanova, Pennsylvania — circa 1996
🐾 Home of the Villanova Wildcats (football, lacrosse, track & field)
🏟️ Opened: 1927
🎟️ Capacity: 12,000

#VillanovaStadium #VillanovaWildcats #CollegeFootball #StadiumHistory #NCAAFootball #TrackAndField #NewPope #CollegeLacrosse #PopeLeo

July 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM Everybody can reply

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Texas Stadium, Irving, TX — circa 2004
Former home of the Dallas Cowboys 🏈
📅 Opened in 1971 | 🚧 Demolished in 2010
Capacity 65,675

#TexasStadium #DallasCowboys #NFLHistory #CowboysNation #IrvingTX #AmericasTeam #DallasFootball #StadiumHistory #HowBoutThemCowboys #WeDemBoyz

June 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM Everybody can reply

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📍 Titan Stadium, Oshkosh, WI — circa 1995
🏟️ Home of the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans (NCAA Division III)
Opened: 1970
👥 Capacity: 9,800

#TitanStadium #UWOshkosh #WisconsinFootball #DivisionIII #Wisconsin #CollegeFootballHistory #OshkoshWI #NCAAD3 #UWO #StadiumHistory #ThrowbackStadiums

June 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM Everybody can reply

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Tiger Stadium, Detroit — Circa 1992
📍 Former home of the Detroit Tigers (MLB) & Detroit Lions (NFL)
🏟️ Opened in 1912 — same day as Fenway Park
🧱 Demolished between 2008–2009

#TigerStadium #DetroitTigers #DetroitLions #MLBHistory #NFLHistory #BallparkHistory #BaseballHeritage #StadiumHistory

June 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM Everybody can reply

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une 7, 2001-Groundbreaking began on Lincoln Financial Field, replacing the Vet as the Eagles’ new home. Opened in 2003, it's hosted two decades of Philly football.
Answer trivia for a shot at a free print:
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#Eagles #Linc #NFL #PhillySports #StadiumHistory

June 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM Everybody can reply

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Atlanta Fulton County Stadium circa 1991 - Former home of the Braves, Falcons and the Chiefs (NASL) - Opened 1965, Demolished 1997

#AtlantaFultonCountyStadium #Braves #Falcons #NASL #HankAaron #AtlantaSports #StadiumHistory #ThrowbackStadium #

May 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM Everybody can reply

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Goodwin Field, Fullerton, CA circa 2018 - Home of the Cal State Fullerton Titans - Opened 1992 - Capacity 3,500

#GoodwinField #CalStateFullerton #FullertonTitans #TitanBaseball #CollegeBaseball #BallparkViews #NCAA #BaseballStadiums #StadiumHistory

May 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM Everybody can reply

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Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA 2003 before it fell into ruins - Former home of Morris Brown College Wolverines & 1996 Olympics Field Hockey - Opened 1948 - Capacity 15,011

#HerndonStadium #AtlantaHistory #MorrisBrownCollege #Olympics #FieldHockey #StadiumHistory #CollegeFootball