Veterans Stadium

Veterans Stadium is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 2005.

NE corner, S Broad St. & Pattison Ave., Philadelphia

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A multi-purpose stadium opened here in 1971 and served as home to Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Eagles, 1971-2003. The stadium was the site of three World Series in 1980, 1983, and 1993; two Major League Baseball All-Star games in 1976 and 1996; two National Football Conference Championship games in 1981 and 2003; and 17 Army-Navy football games. "The Vet" had a seating capacity of over 65,000; razed in 2004.

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Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1944 · 1944 Philadelphia Transportation Company street car, bus and subway-elevated lines route… (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)
1979 · Important farmlands, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Penn State University Libraries)
1995 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
[Philadelphia and neighborhood]. (Library of Congress)

Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering the location of Veterans Stadium, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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