Kansas City Municipal Stadium
Municipal Stadium
Facility statistics
Location	22nd Street and Brooklyn Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
Broke ground	1923
Opened	July 3, 1923
Demolished	1976
Owner	City of Kansas City
Operator	City of Kansas City
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$400,000 USD;
Architect	Osborn Engineering
Former names
Muehlebach Field (1923-1937) Ruppert Stadium (1937-1943) Blues Stadium (1943-1954)
Tenants
Kansas City Blues ( A.A.) (1923-1954) Kansas City Monarchs (NNL and NAL) (1923-1931,1937-1954) Kansas City Blues/Cowboys (NFL) (1924-1926) Kansas City Athletics (MLB) (1955-1967) Kansas City Chiefs (AFL/NFL) (1963-1971) Kansas City Spurs (NASL) (1968-1970) Kansas City Royals (MLB) (1969-1972) Image File history File links KCMUNI.jpg www. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 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Seating capacity
16,000 (1923) 35,561 (1972)
Dimensions
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Kansas City Municipal Stadium was a baseball and football stadium that formerly stood in Kansas City, Missouri. It hosted the minor league Kansas City Blues of the American Association from 1923 to 1954, the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues during most of the same time, the Kansas City Athletics of the AL from 1955-1967, the Kansas City Royals of the AL from 1969-1972, and the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL and NFL from 1963-1971, as well as some other short-lived professional teams. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. ... Bold textKansas City Blues has been the name used by several sports teams in Kansas City, Missouri. ... The American Association was a minor baseball league at the Class AAA (Triple-A) level of baseball in the United States from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseballs Negro Leagues. ... Part of the History of baseball series. ... The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Established 1969 League American League Division Central Division Ballpark Kauffman Stadium Capacity 40,625 Current uniform The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... City Kansas City, Missouri Team colors Red, Yellow, and White Head Coach Herman Edwards Owner Lamar Hunt General manager Carl Peterson Mascot K.C. Wolf Local radio Flagship stations: 101. ... AFL logo The American Football League (AFL) was a professional league of American football that operated from 1960 to 1969. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Municipal Stadium was originally built as Muehlebach Field in 1923 for the minor-league Blues, costing $400,000. The stadium consisted of a single-decked, mostly covered, grandstand extending from the right field foul pole down around most of the left field line. When the New York Yankees bought the Blues for their farm system in 1937, the stadium was renamed Ruppert Stadium in honor of the Yankees owner, Col. Jacob Ruppert. Ruppert died two years later, and the stadium was renamed Blues Stadium in 1943. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Current uniform Ballpark Yankee Stadium (1976-present) Major league titles World Series titles (26) 2000 â€¢ 1999 â€¢ 1998 â€¢ 1996 1978 â€¢ 1977 â€¢ 1962 â€¢ 1961 1958 â€¢ 1956 â€¢ 1953 â€¢ 1952 1951 â€¢ 1950 â€¢ 1949 â€¢ 1947 1943 â€¢ 1941 â€¢ 1939 â€¢ 1938 1937 â€¢ 1936 â€¢ 1932 â€¢ 1928 1927... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jacob Ruppert (August 5, 1867-January 13, 1939), sometimes referred to as Jake Ruppert, was a National Guard colonel and brewery owner who went on to own the New York Yankees. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

When the Philadelphia Athletics announced that they would move to Kansas City in November, 1954, the stadium was quickly renovated and expanded. An upper deck was built atop the original stands, and the facility – renamed Municipal Stadium – was ready by Opening Day in 1955. The scoreboard from Braves Field was bought and moved to Kansas City. Temporary bleachers were also added in the left field corner and parts of the outfield. The bleachers were shifted around somewhat from year to year. There have been three professional baseball teams based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania known as the Philadelphia Athletics: 1. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Braves Field was a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Municipal Stadium was home to many of the shenanigans of A's owner Charlie Finley, including his attempt to shorten the rather distant fences by creating a 296-foot Pennant Porch in right-field, fronting a tiny bleacher section, to mock the famed short fence in right field at Yankee Stadium, home of the powerful Yankees. The move was quickly vetoed by the league. So Finley rebuilt the fence to the bare legal minimum of 325 feet, and repainted the fence to say One-Half Pennant Porch. Later he tried the ruse of putting a canopy over the little bleacher, which just happened to have an extension that reached out 29 feet over the field. The league, not amused by Finley's sense of humor, again ordered him to cease and desist. According to legend, on a road trip that the A's made to New York, a Yankee hitter lofted a long fly ball to left field which, in the cavernous left field of Yankee Stadium, became a routine out. Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard is alleged to have then said over the microphone, "In Kansas City, that would have been a home run." Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 _ February 19, 1997), Major League Baseball owner, was the flamboyant owner of the Oakland Athletics. ... Yankee Stadium is the home stadium of the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team. ... Robert Leo Sheppard, (born October 12, 1910 in Richmond Hill, New York) has been the public address announcer for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball since 1951, and was for the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1956 to 2006. ...

In addition to his notorious tinkering with the right field corner, Finley experimented with moving the other fences in and out several times during his seven seasons operating the team here. None of those moves had any notable effect on the team's performance, as the club finished in or near last place nearly every year.

A small zoo and picnic area stood behind the right-field fence. It housed the team mascot, a mule appropriately named "Charlie O". A mechanical rabbit, nicknamed "Harvey" in reference to the stage play and film Harvey, rose out of the ground with new baseballs for the umpire and a compressed-air device blew dirt off of home plate. Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo Free monkeys islands at the São Paulo Zoo Panda enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo Visitors feeding and petting tamed marmots at the Parc Animalier des Pyrenées Sea lions at the Melbourne Zoo For other uses of the term Zoo, see Zoo... Harvey is a play by Mary Chase. ...

During the years when two All-Star Games were scheduled each year instead of one, Municipal Stadium hosted the first of the two 1960 games, with the NL winning the contest 5-3. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the Midsummer Classic, is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the position players and by the manager for pitchers. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

When the Dallas Texans of the AFL were bought by Lamar Hunt and moved to Kansas City in 1962, becoming the Kansas City Chiefs, Municipal Stadium was readied for football. Temporary stands were erected in left field to expand the stadium's capacity each fall, but had to be removed during the baseball season. City Kansas City, Missouri Team colors Red, Yellow, and White Head Coach Herman Edwards Owner Lamar Hunt General manager Carl Peterson Mascot K.C. Wolf Local radio Flagship stations: 101. ... Lamar Hunt is one of the most influential sports promoters in the United States. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

On September 17, 1964, The Beatles played Municipal Stadium as part of their first U.S. tour. The date was originally supposed to be an off-day for the band, but they agreed to perform when Finley offered their manager, Brian Epstein, a then-record sum of $150,000. Presumably they might have included their cover version of the rhythm-and-blues song "Kansas City" in this concert. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their ground-breaking role in the history of popular music. ... Brian Epstein, The Beatles manager and a force behind the groups early success. ... Kansas City is a song covered by the Beatles in a medley on the album Beatles for Sale. ...

As Municipal Stadium aged, it became clear that new facilities would be needed, and public bonds were issued in 1967 to fund a complex including separate football and baseball stadiums. After the A's left for Oakland, the Royals used Municipal Stadium as a temporary home. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major American city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ...

The Chiefs' final home game at Municipal Stadium was played on Christmas Day in 1971. The double-overtime playoff contest (a loss to the Miami Dolphins) remains the longest game in NFL history. Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, at the first Christmas Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport in order to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw. ... A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion. ... City Miami Gardens, Florida Other nicknames The Fins Team colors Aqua Green, Coral Orange, Navy Blue, and White Head Coach Nick Saban Owner Wayne Huizenga General manager Randy Mueller Mascot T. D. Local radio Flagship stations: WAXY (790 AM) and WNMA (1210 AM) -Spanish Announcers: Jimmy Cefalo and Joe Rose...

After the 1972 baseball season, Municipal was replaced by Royals Stadium for the Kansas City Royals and the adjacent Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs. Municipal Stadium was demolished in 1976, and replaced by a municipal garden. Currently, the former ballpark site is being redeveloped with new single family homes. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Kauffman Stadium (formerly Royals Stadium) is a Major League Baseball stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri, and home to the Kansas City Royals of the American League. ... Established 1969 League American League Division Central Division Ballpark Kauffman Stadium Capacity 40,625 Current uniform The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. ... Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri, and home to the National Football Leagues Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Soccers Kansas City Wizards. ... City Kansas City, Missouri Team colors Red, Yellow, and White Head Coach Herman Edwards Owner Lamar Hunt General manager Carl Peterson Mascot K.C. Wolf Local radio Flagship stations: 101. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...

Although Finley's operational methods drew a great deal of attention (as they also would in Oakland), the A's were the the one long-running team here that was not notably successful. The Monarchs were one of the most famous Negro League teams. The Blues won several minor league championships. And the Chiefs' "glory years" occurred here. The A's were on the brink of breaking through into contention, but by the time it happened, they were in Oakland.

Single decked and double decked

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