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Turnpike Stadium (1965–1971) Location: 1701 E Copeland Rd. Arlington, Texas 76011: ... Arlington Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Arlington, Texas, ...
Turnpike Stadium, a minor league stadium first owned by Tarrant County and then the City of Arlington with an initial seating capacity of 10,000, Was their home for the 1969, '70 and '73 seasons while a local civic park, Randoll Mill Park, was home for the 1971 and '72 seasons (two rescheduled games in 1973 were played at Randoll Mill Park ...
The Spurs set many Texas League attendance records, especially after Turnpike Stadium expanded to a capacity of 20,500 in 1970. [10] The Dallas-Fort Worth area was considered a prime location for an expansion team or a re-located franchise. Indeed, Turnpike Stadium had been built specifically to attract a major-league team to the Metroplex.
The freeway fueled burgeoning industry and development in Arlington, including the 1961 opening of Six Flags Over Texas, and the minor league Turnpike Stadium in 1965 — the origin story of the ...
It was the same Washington expansion team that later moved to Arlington in 1972 as the Rangers. The stadium land at 1500 E. Copeland Road eventually became the site of Turnpike Stadium and later ...
Busch Stadium, former home of the Houston Buffaloes. There are ten stadiums in use by Texas League (TL) baseball teams. The oldest stadium is Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium (1994) in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Missions. The newest stadium is Equity Bank Park (2020) in Wichita, Kansas, home of the Wichita Wind Surge. One ...
The City of Arlington had just purchased Turnpike Stadium from Tarrant County, a minor league baseball stadium with the ability to host football games. The stadium was a lure for a major league team (eventually becoming the home of the Texas Rangers in 1972), but the City did not have a full-time tenant during the fall. Seeing a cost-effective ...
Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington officially opened on Aug. 5, 1961, and Theresa Pool, 5, was the first visitor on opening day. — Star-Telegram Here are photos from the Star-Telegram’s ...