Busch Stadium II
| Busch Stadium II | |
 
April 2005 (above) and September 1977
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| Former names | Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium (1966–1981) Busch Stadium (1982–2005) |
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| Location | 250 Stadium Plaza St. Louis, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38°37′26″N 90°11′33″W / 38.62389°N 90.19250°WCoordinates: 38°37′26″N 90°11′33″W / 38.62389°N 90.19250°W |
| Owner | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Operator | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Capacity |
Baseball: 49,676 (1997–2005) 57,676 (1966–1996) Football: 60,000 |
| Field size |
Left Field – 330 ft (101 m) Left-Center – 372 ft (113 m) Center Field – 402 ft (123 m) Right-Center – 372 ft (113 m) Right Field – 330 ft (101 m) Backstop – 64 ft (20 m) Original Dimensions (1966) Left Field – 330 ft (101 m) Left-Center – 386 ft (118 m) Center Field – 414 ft (126 m) Right-Center – 386 ft (118 m) Right Field – 330 ft (101 m) Backstop – 64 ft (20 m) |
| Surface | Natural grass (1996–2005) AstroTurf (1970–1995) Natural grass (1966–1969) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 25, 1964 |
| Built | 1964–1966 |
| Opened | May 12, 1966 |
| Closed | October 19, 2005 |
| Demolished | November 7 – December 8, 2005 |
| Construction cost | US$24 million ($177 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
Sverdrup & Parcel Edward Durell Stone Schwarz & Van Hoefen, Associated |
| General contractor | Fruin–Colnon/Millstone |
| Tenants | |
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St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) (1966–2005) St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) (1966–1987) St. Louis Stars (NPSL / NASL) (1967–1974) St. Louis Rams (NFL) (1995) |
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Busch Memorial Stadium, also known as Busch Stadium II, was a multi-purpose sports facility in St. Louis, Missouri, that operated for 40 years, from 1966 through 2005.
The stadium served as the home of the St. Louis Cardinals National League baseball team for its entire operating existence, while also serving as home to the National Football League's Cardinals team for 22 seasons, from 1966 through 1987. It opened four days after the last baseball game was played at Sportsman's Park (which had also been known since 1953 as Busch Stadium).
The stadium was designed by Sverdrup & Parcel and built by Grün & Bilfinger.Edward Durell Stone designed the roof, a 96-arch "Crown of Arches". The Crown echoed the Gateway Arch, which had been completed only a year before Busch Stadium opened. It was one of the first multipurpose "cookie-cutter" facilities built in the United States, popular from the early 1960s through the early 1980s.
Its final event was the sixth game of the 2005 NLCS on October 19. The stadium was demolished by wrecking ball in late 2005 and part of its former footprint is occupied by its replacement stadium—the new Busch Stadium (a.k.a. Busch Stadium III), located just south.
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