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Encyclopedia > Colt Stadium
Colt Stadium
Location Houston, Texas
Opened 1962
Closed 1964
Capacity 33,000
Owned By Harris County
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Right Houstons downtown skyline. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...



360 ft (110 m)
395 ft (120 m)
427 ft (130 m)
420 ft (128 m)
427 ft (130 m)
395 ft (120 m)
360 ft (110 m)

Colt Stadium was a Major League baseball stadium that formerly stood in Houston, Texas. It was the home of the Houston Colt .45's. It was their temporary home from 1962-1964 while the Astrodome was being built, just to the south of it. The stadium consisted of an uncovered grandstand stretching from foul pole to foul pole and small bleacher stands in right and left field. One baseball annual published just before the 1962 season referred to it as "a barn-like thing". It is best remembered for the horribly hot and humid weather (and attendant mosquito population) that had necessitated building the first domed stadium. MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... Baseball is popular in the Americas and East Asia. ... The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... Houstons downtown skyline. ... The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Reliant Astrodome, formerly just the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium in Houston, Texas, and is part of the Reliant Park complex. ...


The stadium was abandoned after the Astrodome was completed. It sat abandoned for ten years, accumulating junk and weathering in the blistering Texas sun. It was eventually broken down and moved to Gomez Palacio to serve as the home of a Mexican League baseball team. Its site was paved over, adding some area to the Astrodome parking lot. Gómez Palacio is a city in Durango, Mexico, located at 25. ... // Mexican Baseball It is a Class Triple A League. ...



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Colt Stadium junkyard, photo taken February 18, 1973.
Colt Stadium junkyard, photo taken February 18, 1973.

Image File history File links Colt_Stadium_junkyard. ... Image File history File links Colt_Stadium_junkyard. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

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Ballparks of Baseball-Colt Stadium (377 words)
While the Colts.45s played at Colt Stadium, the teams’ new dome stadium, the Astrodome was being constructed beyond the first base grandstand.
In the late 1960’s Colt Stadium was sold to a minor league Mexican team for \$100,000.
The stadium was moved once again to Tampico, Mexico where it stills sits today and is part of a public playground.
Ballparks of Baseball-Colt Stadium-Houston Astros (355 words)
Houston, TX Home of the Houston Colt.45’s, Colt Stadium was one known as one of the hottest ballparks for both players and fans during its existence.
While the Colts.45s played at Colt Stadium, their new dome stadium, the Astrodome, was constructed beyond the first base grandstand.
Colt Stadium remained standing for five years after the Colt.45s left as it served mainly as a storage yard.
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