Memorial Stadium (Terre Haute, Indiana)
Memorial Stadium (1924–1967)
Memorial Stadium (1924–1967\)
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[thumb\|300px\|1924 postcard of Memorial Stadium](/wiki/File:Memorial_Stadium_1924.jpg "Memorial Stadium 1924.jpg")
Constructed in 1923–1924 by the City of Terre Haute to seat approximately 16,000 people. The stadium and its grounds were used for minor league baseball, semi\-pro, high school and college football and baseball, professional boxing, circuses, fireworks exhibitions, ice skating and miscellaneous conventions and other events.

The stadium was officially dedicated on May 4, 1925 and was universally hailed as the nation's finest minor league baseball stadium. Baseball commissioner [Kenesaw Mountain Landis](/wiki/Kenesaw_Mountain_Landis "Kenesaw Mountain Landis") was present to throw out the first pitch of the season opening game between Terre Haute and the [Peoria Tractors](/wiki/Peoria_Tractors "Peoria Tractors"). The facility was first home to the [Terre Haute Tots](/wiki/Terre_Haute_Tots "Terre Haute Tots"), a minor league team in the [Three\-I League](/wiki/Three-I_League "Three-I League"); a [Class B](/wiki/Class_B_%28baseball%29 "Class B (baseball)") team equivalent of today's [Class A](/wiki/Class_A_%28baseball%29 "Class A (baseball)") baseball. Late, the ballpark hosted the [Terre Haute Phillies](/wiki/Terre_Haute_Phillies "Terre Haute Phillies"), a farm club of the [Philadelphia Phillies](/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies "Philadelphia Phillies"), and the [Terre Haute Huts](/wiki/Terre_Haute_Huts "Terre Haute Huts"), which had a working agreement with the [Detroit Tigers](/wiki/Detroit_Tigers "Detroit Tigers"). Terre Haute's long association (since 1883\) with professional baseball ended on July 3, 1956\.


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