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The stadium opened in 1931 and is best known as the long-time home of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1932 to 1993 (including 1932–1946 when games were split between League Park and Cleveland Stadium), and the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), from 1946 to 1995, in addition to hosting other ...
Cleveland Stadium was the largest stadium in the American League during its tenure as a baseball facility and was the largest stadium in Major League Baseball for all but a few seasons. [13] It had been a symbol of the Indians' glory years of the 1940s and 1950s, attracting some of the largest crowds in baseball history.
Adams first drummed at an Indians game on August 24, 1973, at Cleveland Stadium. [1] Twenty-one years old at the time, [2] he stated that he brought his bass drum to that first game because he wanted to add to the noise of "seat banging", a tradition at Cleveland Stadium in which fans would bang folding seats against their bases during tense moments in the game. [3]
The Indians began removing the team's scripted logo atop the giant scoreboard at Progressive Field on Tuesday as they transition their name to the Guardians. It's another step in the offseason ...
The Cleveland Indians essentially let their fans know they are punting on the 2021 season with today’s long-expected trade of shortstop Francisco Lindor. Cleveland is slashing payroll–they ...
Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on June 4, 1974. The promotion was meant to improve attendance at the game by offering cups of beer for just 10 cents each (equivalent to $0.62 in 2023), a substantial ...
Last year, the Cleveland Indians announced that they were going to have some serious discussions about changing their team name. A little over a year later, the franchise has officially adopted a ...
Cleveland Stadium had been a symbol of the Indians' glory years in the 1940s and 1950s. [85] However, during the lean years even crowds of 40,000 were swallowed up by the cavernous environment. The old stadium was not aging gracefully; chunks of concrete were falling off in sections and the old wooden pilings were petrifying. [ 86 ]