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Team owner William DeWitt Jr. said: "From the day we began planning for the new ballpark, we wanted to keep the name 'Busch Stadium.' August Busch IV and Anheuser-Busch share our vision for continuing that tradition for our great fans and the entire St. Louis community." [18] It is the third stadium in St. Louis to carry the name Busch Stadium.
Busch Memorial Stadium (Busch Stadium II) was a multi-purpose sports facility in St. Louis, Missouri, that operated for 40 years, from 1966 through 2005. [4] Built as Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, its official name was shortened to Busch Stadium in January 1982.
The ballpark (by then known as Busch Stadium, but still commonly called Sportsman's Park) was also the home to professional football: in 1923, it hosted St. Louis' first NFL team, the All-Stars, and later hosted the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League from 1960 (following the team's relocation from Chicago) until 1965, with ...
Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis August Busch named the stadium after himself after the original name, Budweiser Stadium, was vetoed by Major League Baseball. Since then, breweries have been allowed to directly name stadiums, and Anheuser-Busch owns the naming rights to the current Busch Stadium. The current name can be interpreted as either ...
The football Cardinals called St. Louis and Busch Stadium/Busch Memorial Stadium home through the 1987 season, after which the Cardinals migrated to Phoenix to become the Arizona Cardinals. [17] [18] Local sports fans and media coverage referred to the two teams as the "baseball Cardinals" and "football Cardinals". For decades before the NFL ...
Buffalo Stadium (1928–1961) minor league ballpark, home to Houston Buffs, farm team of the St. Louis Cardinals; also called Buff Stadium and later Busch Stadium. Sportsman's Park (1892–1966) was renamed Busch Stadium in 1953, and was home of the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, the St. Louis Browns of the American League and St ...
In 2004, as president of the company, Busch IV announced the brewer had purchased the 20-year naming rights to a new Busch Stadium, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals. Team owner William Dewitt Jr. said: "From the day we began planning for the new ballpark, we wanted to keep the name 'Busch Stadium'. August Busch IV and Anheuser-Busch share ...
Stadium Team(s) City Joined stadium Left stadium Notes (if needed) Reference(s) Images Akron's League Park: Akron Pros: Akron, Ohio: 1920 1922 Site of the first NFL Champions. Named Elk's Field for 1922. Later named League Park after Akron Pros left. [1] League Field: Canton Bulldogs: Canton, Ohio: 1920 1926 [2] Navin Field/Briggs Stadium/Tiger ...