Historic MLB ballpark (1971–2003) in Philadelphia, PA.
The Veterans Stadium experience started before you found your seat — navigating the Broad Street Line with 50,000 other fans, surfacing at Pattison Avenue into a concrete canyon shared by football crowds, concert goers, and whoever else the city had booked that week. The turf was carpet laid over asphalt, the upper deck tilted at angles that made fly balls disappear into the upper reaches, and every surface felt borrowed from a highway overpass. Cheesesteaks and soft pretzels were the default currency of the concession lines, consumed by a crowd that expected the Phillies to fail and applauded when they didn't. When they won — and in 1980 they did — the noise inside that round bowl was enormous and genuine. The courtroom in the basement, used to process unruly fans on game nights, told you everything about the place. A parking lot covers the site today, between Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field.
Multi-purpose stadium, home to 1980 World Series Champions
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