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The final hit at Veterans Stadium was a single by the Phillies' Pat Burrell in the bottom of the 9th inning. The next batter, Chase Utley, grounded into a double play to end the game and Veterans Stadium. A ceremony at Veterans Stadium following the final Phillies game at the stadium pulled at the heartstrings of the sellout crowd.
In October 1975, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Ned Hirsh ordered what remained of the stadium razed. [150] The corner tower and its domed cupola, Connie Mack's original office, was the last segment of the ballpark demolished, on July 13, 1976 [ 151 ] —the same day as the 47th MLB All-Star Game, played at Veterans Stadium.
The South Philadelphia Sports Complex is the home of four major Philadelphia professional sports teams. The complex is located in South Philadelphia and is the site of Wells Fargo Center, home arena for the Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Flyers, Lincoln Financial Field, home field for the Philadelphia Eagles, Citizens Bank Park, home field for the Philadelphia Phillies, and Xfinity Live ...
Seeing that stadium transported me back to a 7-year-old kid. "I love the old parks, it's sad there are too few of them left." Yanik checked one ballpark off his list that very few could.
A federal judge has ordered the parking lot of UCLA's Jackie Robinson Stadium to be turned into temporary housing for veterans on the VA campus in West L.A. Judge orders VA to build housing on ...
Wake Forest University completed the purchase of Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the surrounding 33 acres on August 1, 2013. Wake Forest has made numerous upgrades to the coliseum, including LED court lighting, which improved energy costs, and a 1,400-foot center hung display monitor at mid-court.
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Veterans Memorial Stadium is the name of several different facilities, mostly located in the United States: Veterans Memorial Stadium (Cedar Rapids), Iowa; Veterans Memorial Stadium (Pago Pago), American Samoa; Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach), California; Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy), Massachusetts