The all-steel stadium opened in time for the 1951 season and cost $60,000 to construct. Original capacity was 5,500. The stadium was oriented north-south from end zone to end zone with a playing field, west-side stands and a press box. In 1962, Memorial Stadium was expanded, reaching its final capacity of 10,022 with the addition of east-side stands.
History
The Arlington State College Rebels would win the national junior college championship in 1956 and 1957. The school would rise to four-year status in 1959. UTA would play as an NCAA College Division Independent for a half decade before founding the Southland Conference and playing its first conference game as a University in 1964. The stadium would host the 1966 SLC co-champions and the 1967 outright champions, the first SLC team to post a perfect conference record. The 1967 team would finish the regular season ranked third in the UPI poll and beat North Dakota State, who was ranked second in that poll, 13-0 in the 1967 Pecan Bowl.
Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Stephenville, Texas. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Tarleton State University Texans football team. It was built in 1977 and seats 7000 people. In 2004, the playing surface was changed from natural grass to synthetic turf. The stadium is also the home of the Stephenville High School Yellow Jackets football team.
Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street (aka 33rd Street Boulevard or renamed "Babe Ruth Plaza") on an oversized block (officially designated as Venable Park, a former city park from the 1920s) also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue (west), 36th Street (north), and Ednor Road (east). Two different stadiums were located here, a 1922 version known as "Baltimore Stadium", or "Municipal Stadium", or sometimes 'Venable Stadium' and the rebuilt multi-sport stadium that, when reconstruction (expansion to an upper deck) was completed in the summer of 1954, would become known as "Memorial Stadium", and, for a time, "Babe Ruth Stadium" in reference to the then-recently deceased Baltimore native. The stadium was also known as "The Old Gray Lady of 33rd Street", and also (for Colts games) as "The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum."
Teams hosted
This pair of structures hosted the following teams:
Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest United States metropolitan statistical areas, respectively. Other major cities include Austin (the state capital) and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State to signify Texas as a former independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The "Lone Star" can be found on the Texan state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of the state name, Texas, is from the word, "Tejas", which means 'friends' in the Caddo language.
The Texas was built in October 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by locomotive manufacturer Danforth, Cooke and Company in Paterson, New Jersey. It was subsequently shipped from Paterson to the Port of Savannah, traveled the Georgia Rail Road & Banking Company and Macon & Western Railroad, before finally being delivered to the W&A headquarters in Atlanta that same year.
Texas Homecare was a chain of DIY stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland, that operated from 1972 until 1999.
History
Texas Homecare was established in 1972, by Manny, Sydney and Gerald Fogel, who had previously founded the high street specialist paint and wallpaper chain Home Charm. Taking their lead from America, they revolutionised the United Kingdom DIY market, with the introduction of the 'DIY shed' style outlet. Mervyn Fogel, co-founder and managing director for over 25 years, had a vision of turning the small family business into a DIY retail empire.
Texas specialised in higher volume, lower margin DIY products. The company had been adversely affected, by a recession and depressed housing market.
Acquisition
With its acquisition, Homebase hoped to hold around 10% of the total DIY market in the United Kingdom. In May 1995, it was announced that only 26 Texas stores were to close, with limited redundancies. Sainsbury's found that full conversion to the Homebase format was an investment worth making, and allowed £50million for the task.
The story of Memorial Stadium…
References:
https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/memorial-stadium/
https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/stadiums/memorial-stadium/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/clt/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/baltimore-colts-move-to-indianapolis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140128145609/https://cnsmaryland.org/interactives/baltimore-stallions-oral-history/
US Census
Images:
"File:BaltimoreMemorialStadium1991.jpg" by Wasted Time R at en.wikipedia is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Tampa stadium Demolition” by Zeng...
published: 19 Aug 2022
WJZ-TV Baltimore | FLASHBACK: An Evening at Memorial Stadium | 1988 | WJZ 13
Join WJZ-TV Channel 13 in Baltimore as their news photographer captures memorable B-Roll moments of the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in 1988.
published: 22 Jan 2023
The Demise of Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium became the convenient excuse for Robert Irsay to bolt Baltimore and relocate the Colts to Indianapolis. The ethics of his abrupt departure will be forever debated and condemned within Baltimore. His sustained criticism of the facility was accurate however in comparison with newly constructed football stadiums during that era.
Memorial Stadium was originally constructed on a tract of land during the 1920s called Venable Park. Two stadiums were built on the land known respectively as Baltimore Stadium and Babe Ruth Stadium. A reconstructed multi-sport stadium with an upper deck replaced both during the middle of 1954. Once completed, it would be renamed as Memorial Stadium. The St. Louis Browns arrived that same year and became known as the Orioles. The football Colts, two ...
published: 07 Apr 2024
Earl Weaver argues with Umpire Bill Haller in 1980 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
I was shooting a story for PM Magazine on MLB umpires at the old Memorial stadium in Baltimore. We had wireless mikes on 2 of the umps for the story. The Orioles were playing the Detroit Tigers. 5 pitches into the game the umps called a balk on the Orioles pitcher and Earl Weaver came flying out of the dugout to argue the call. This is the raw, unedited and uncensored, video of the exchange between umpire Bill Haller and Earl Weaver.
If you enjoy this video clip. please subscribe to my channel. Thanks!
published: 21 Aug 2017
What It Was Like 1977 Memorial Stadium Baltimore
Some sense of what it was like at a Baltimore Colts game in the mid 1970's.
This game against the Detroit Lions was in front of only 45, 124 fans, and Baltimore lost 13 - 10.
The Colts had a hard time selling out even though the team was winning division titles at the time...
Bob Irsay had begun openly shopping the team by, at latest, 1976. So, I think this, as well as his chaotic style, really turned off Colts' fans. Colts fans were used to winning and a team that was competently run. We weren't used to a boob like Bob Irsay!!
Memorial Stadium was also awful, as you can tell by the massive amount of bench and individual wooden chair seating in the different scenes of this vid. Much of the seating was no better than at the avg high school!
Anyway... the move was meant to be....
published: 12 Jul 2023
C - O - L - T - S !! Baltimore That Is... 1976
John Brodie saying Baltimore's Memorial Stadium is the hardest stadium for an opposing team to play in!!
published: 20 Jan 2023
Baltimore's Memorial Stadium - Last Days
A word of warning NOW: if you grew up going to ball games in Baltimore in the 1950s through the 80s, you might want to keep a few tissues close by...because you're about to see a tearjerker.
Here it is-the one and only Memorial Stadium; close to the hearts of many in my age bracket. This video was shot on March 4 2001, just after demolition began. After driving around it a couple times I get close-ups of the stands and ball field. Can you picture Brooks Robinson at bat, or Johnny Unitas about to throw a pass? Does anyone remember the BALTIMORE Colts...at all? Maybe even Wild Bill Hagy? Miracles on 33rd Street!
Still...the sight of the demolition is very sad.
I uploaded this vid almost in its entirety again as my tribute to where major league baseball began in Baltimore. True, there were...
published: 17 Oct 2012
1991 Baltimore Orioles Last Game At Memorial Stadium
Baltimore Orioles October 6, 1991 Sorry For The Bad Quality Video But The Tape Is Over 20 Years Old.
published: 03 Jun 2014
memorial stadium,baltimore w bad tape
We shot this just before they tore down Memorial Stadium.
published: 19 Apr 2016
Walter Cronkite Reports on Plane Crash at Memorial Stadium
CBS Evening News 1976 on Donald Kroner's plane crash into Memorial Stadium.
Walter Cronkite - America's Most Trusted Voice on the news.
The story of Memorial Stadium…
References:
https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/memorial-stadium/
https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/stadiums/mem...
The story of Memorial Stadium…
References:
https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/memorial-stadium/
https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/stadiums/memorial-stadium/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/clt/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/baltimore-colts-move-to-indianapolis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140128145609/https://cnsmaryland.org/interactives/baltimore-stallions-oral-history/
US Census
Images:
"File:BaltimoreMemorialStadium1991.jpg" by Wasted Time R at en.wikipedia is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Tampa stadium Demolition” by Zeng8r is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Changes are limited to zoom effects.
The story of Memorial Stadium…
References:
https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/memorial-stadium/
https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/stadiums/memorial-stadium/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/clt/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/baltimore-colts-move-to-indianapolis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140128145609/https://cnsmaryland.org/interactives/baltimore-stallions-oral-history/
US Census
Images:
"File:BaltimoreMemorialStadium1991.jpg" by Wasted Time R at en.wikipedia is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Tampa stadium Demolition” by Zeng8r is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Changes are limited to zoom effects.
Memorial Stadium became the convenient excuse for Robert Irsay to bolt Baltimore and relocate the Colts to Indianapolis. The ethics of his abrupt departure will...
Memorial Stadium became the convenient excuse for Robert Irsay to bolt Baltimore and relocate the Colts to Indianapolis. The ethics of his abrupt departure will be forever debated and condemned within Baltimore. His sustained criticism of the facility was accurate however in comparison with newly constructed football stadiums during that era.
Memorial Stadium was originally constructed on a tract of land during the 1920s called Venable Park. Two stadiums were built on the land known respectively as Baltimore Stadium and Babe Ruth Stadium. A reconstructed multi-sport stadium with an upper deck replaced both during the middle of 1954. Once completed, it would be renamed as Memorial Stadium. The St. Louis Browns arrived that same year and became known as the Orioles. The football Colts, two major universities and high-profile local high school football rivalry games would share the venue.
The stadium was stricken by two freak accidents during its history. One involved an overcrowded escalator collapsing and the other a small private plane crash into the upper deck at the conclusion of a Colt’s playoff game that they had lost.
During the aftermath following the Colt’s departure, the city of Baltimore came to the realization that they would require an upgraded stadium to retain the Orioles and a tangible venue to attract a replacement professional football team.
On April 6, 1992, Oriole Park would open downtown at the Camden Yards designed in a retro-ballpark architecture style. The park became an immediate success. Six years later, following the Cleveland Browns relocation, Ravens Stadium was built and opened adjacently. The venue has since been renamed the M & T Bank Stadium. In 2001, Memorial Stadium was demolished due to structural safety concerns.
Any trace of the Memorial Stadium has been replaced by more utilitarian uses. The land has since been repurposed to include Maryland’s largest YMCA, four senior apartment complexes, a multi-purpose sports recreational field, war memorial, and a large children’s playground.
Memorial Stadium became the convenient excuse for Robert Irsay to bolt Baltimore and relocate the Colts to Indianapolis. The ethics of his abrupt departure will be forever debated and condemned within Baltimore. His sustained criticism of the facility was accurate however in comparison with newly constructed football stadiums during that era.
Memorial Stadium was originally constructed on a tract of land during the 1920s called Venable Park. Two stadiums were built on the land known respectively as Baltimore Stadium and Babe Ruth Stadium. A reconstructed multi-sport stadium with an upper deck replaced both during the middle of 1954. Once completed, it would be renamed as Memorial Stadium. The St. Louis Browns arrived that same year and became known as the Orioles. The football Colts, two major universities and high-profile local high school football rivalry games would share the venue.
The stadium was stricken by two freak accidents during its history. One involved an overcrowded escalator collapsing and the other a small private plane crash into the upper deck at the conclusion of a Colt’s playoff game that they had lost.
During the aftermath following the Colt’s departure, the city of Baltimore came to the realization that they would require an upgraded stadium to retain the Orioles and a tangible venue to attract a replacement professional football team.
On April 6, 1992, Oriole Park would open downtown at the Camden Yards designed in a retro-ballpark architecture style. The park became an immediate success. Six years later, following the Cleveland Browns relocation, Ravens Stadium was built and opened adjacently. The venue has since been renamed the M & T Bank Stadium. In 2001, Memorial Stadium was demolished due to structural safety concerns.
Any trace of the Memorial Stadium has been replaced by more utilitarian uses. The land has since been repurposed to include Maryland’s largest YMCA, four senior apartment complexes, a multi-purpose sports recreational field, war memorial, and a large children’s playground.
I was shooting a story for PM Magazine on MLB umpires at the old Memorial stadium in Baltimore. We had wireless mikes on 2 of the umps for the story. The Oriole...
I was shooting a story for PM Magazine on MLB umpires at the old Memorial stadium in Baltimore. We had wireless mikes on 2 of the umps for the story. The Orioles were playing the Detroit Tigers. 5 pitches into the game the umps called a balk on the Orioles pitcher and Earl Weaver came flying out of the dugout to argue the call. This is the raw, unedited and uncensored, video of the exchange between umpire Bill Haller and Earl Weaver.
If you enjoy this video clip. please subscribe to my channel. Thanks!
I was shooting a story for PM Magazine on MLB umpires at the old Memorial stadium in Baltimore. We had wireless mikes on 2 of the umps for the story. The Orioles were playing the Detroit Tigers. 5 pitches into the game the umps called a balk on the Orioles pitcher and Earl Weaver came flying out of the dugout to argue the call. This is the raw, unedited and uncensored, video of the exchange between umpire Bill Haller and Earl Weaver.
If you enjoy this video clip. please subscribe to my channel. Thanks!
Some sense of what it was like at a Baltimore Colts game in the mid 1970's.
This game against the Detroit Lions was in front of only 45, 124 fans, and Baltim...
Some sense of what it was like at a Baltimore Colts game in the mid 1970's.
This game against the Detroit Lions was in front of only 45, 124 fans, and Baltimore lost 13 - 10.
The Colts had a hard time selling out even though the team was winning division titles at the time...
Bob Irsay had begun openly shopping the team by, at latest, 1976. So, I think this, as well as his chaotic style, really turned off Colts' fans. Colts fans were used to winning and a team that was competently run. We weren't used to a boob like Bob Irsay!!
Memorial Stadium was also awful, as you can tell by the massive amount of bench and individual wooden chair seating in the different scenes of this vid. Much of the seating was no better than at the avg high school!
Anyway... the move was meant to be... as it gave us our beloved and respectable owner... Steve Bisciotti and his Baltimore Ravens!!
Some sense of what it was like at a Baltimore Colts game in the mid 1970's.
This game against the Detroit Lions was in front of only 45, 124 fans, and Baltimore lost 13 - 10.
The Colts had a hard time selling out even though the team was winning division titles at the time...
Bob Irsay had begun openly shopping the team by, at latest, 1976. So, I think this, as well as his chaotic style, really turned off Colts' fans. Colts fans were used to winning and a team that was competently run. We weren't used to a boob like Bob Irsay!!
Memorial Stadium was also awful, as you can tell by the massive amount of bench and individual wooden chair seating in the different scenes of this vid. Much of the seating was no better than at the avg high school!
Anyway... the move was meant to be... as it gave us our beloved and respectable owner... Steve Bisciotti and his Baltimore Ravens!!
A word of warning NOW: if you grew up going to ball games in Baltimore in the 1950s through the 80s, you might want to keep a few tissues close by...because you...
A word of warning NOW: if you grew up going to ball games in Baltimore in the 1950s through the 80s, you might want to keep a few tissues close by...because you're about to see a tearjerker.
Here it is-the one and only Memorial Stadium; close to the hearts of many in my age bracket. This video was shot on March 4 2001, just after demolition began. After driving around it a couple times I get close-ups of the stands and ball field. Can you picture Brooks Robinson at bat, or Johnny Unitas about to throw a pass? Does anyone remember the BALTIMORE Colts...at all? Maybe even Wild Bill Hagy? Miracles on 33rd Street!
Still...the sight of the demolition is very sad.
I uploaded this vid almost in its entirety again as my tribute to where major league baseball began in Baltimore. True, there were minor league Orioles once upon a time, playing at a stadium on Greenmount Ave (long gone), but my memories begin at Memorial (pronounced Mem-ORIOLE) Stadium.
Sorry about the background music if it's distracting. There are tidbits from The Cream, Steppenwolf, Procol Harum and others-all from the stadium's heyday.
Railfan note: Memorial Stadium once had streetcar service. A spur ran north from the Gorsuch Ave line up Loch Raven Road as far as 35th St to serve it. The streetcars then laid over in the MIDDLE of Loch Raven till the end of the game! Can you imagine the traffic jam that would result today if that happened??
Shot in Sony hi-8. Opening/closing photos (1954) courtesy of Baltimore County Public Library.
A word of warning NOW: if you grew up going to ball games in Baltimore in the 1950s through the 80s, you might want to keep a few tissues close by...because you're about to see a tearjerker.
Here it is-the one and only Memorial Stadium; close to the hearts of many in my age bracket. This video was shot on March 4 2001, just after demolition began. After driving around it a couple times I get close-ups of the stands and ball field. Can you picture Brooks Robinson at bat, or Johnny Unitas about to throw a pass? Does anyone remember the BALTIMORE Colts...at all? Maybe even Wild Bill Hagy? Miracles on 33rd Street!
Still...the sight of the demolition is very sad.
I uploaded this vid almost in its entirety again as my tribute to where major league baseball began in Baltimore. True, there were minor league Orioles once upon a time, playing at a stadium on Greenmount Ave (long gone), but my memories begin at Memorial (pronounced Mem-ORIOLE) Stadium.
Sorry about the background music if it's distracting. There are tidbits from The Cream, Steppenwolf, Procol Harum and others-all from the stadium's heyday.
Railfan note: Memorial Stadium once had streetcar service. A spur ran north from the Gorsuch Ave line up Loch Raven Road as far as 35th St to serve it. The streetcars then laid over in the MIDDLE of Loch Raven till the end of the game! Can you imagine the traffic jam that would result today if that happened??
Shot in Sony hi-8. Opening/closing photos (1954) courtesy of Baltimore County Public Library.
The story of Memorial Stadium…
References:
https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/memorial-stadium/
https://www.stadiumsofprofootball.com/stadiums/memorial-stadium/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/clt/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/baltimore-colts-move-to-indianapolis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140128145609/https://cnsmaryland.org/interactives/baltimore-stallions-oral-history/
US Census
Images:
"File:BaltimoreMemorialStadium1991.jpg" by Wasted Time R at en.wikipedia is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Baltimore's Memorial Stadium" by mwlguide is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“Tampa stadium Demolition” by Zeng8r is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Changes are limited to zoom effects.
Memorial Stadium became the convenient excuse for Robert Irsay to bolt Baltimore and relocate the Colts to Indianapolis. The ethics of his abrupt departure will be forever debated and condemned within Baltimore. His sustained criticism of the facility was accurate however in comparison with newly constructed football stadiums during that era.
Memorial Stadium was originally constructed on a tract of land during the 1920s called Venable Park. Two stadiums were built on the land known respectively as Baltimore Stadium and Babe Ruth Stadium. A reconstructed multi-sport stadium with an upper deck replaced both during the middle of 1954. Once completed, it would be renamed as Memorial Stadium. The St. Louis Browns arrived that same year and became known as the Orioles. The football Colts, two major universities and high-profile local high school football rivalry games would share the venue.
The stadium was stricken by two freak accidents during its history. One involved an overcrowded escalator collapsing and the other a small private plane crash into the upper deck at the conclusion of a Colt’s playoff game that they had lost.
During the aftermath following the Colt’s departure, the city of Baltimore came to the realization that they would require an upgraded stadium to retain the Orioles and a tangible venue to attract a replacement professional football team.
On April 6, 1992, Oriole Park would open downtown at the Camden Yards designed in a retro-ballpark architecture style. The park became an immediate success. Six years later, following the Cleveland Browns relocation, Ravens Stadium was built and opened adjacently. The venue has since been renamed the M & T Bank Stadium. In 2001, Memorial Stadium was demolished due to structural safety concerns.
Any trace of the Memorial Stadium has been replaced by more utilitarian uses. The land has since been repurposed to include Maryland’s largest YMCA, four senior apartment complexes, a multi-purpose sports recreational field, war memorial, and a large children’s playground.
I was shooting a story for PM Magazine on MLB umpires at the old Memorial stadium in Baltimore. We had wireless mikes on 2 of the umps for the story. The Orioles were playing the Detroit Tigers. 5 pitches into the game the umps called a balk on the Orioles pitcher and Earl Weaver came flying out of the dugout to argue the call. This is the raw, unedited and uncensored, video of the exchange between umpire Bill Haller and Earl Weaver.
If you enjoy this video clip. please subscribe to my channel. Thanks!
Some sense of what it was like at a Baltimore Colts game in the mid 1970's.
This game against the Detroit Lions was in front of only 45, 124 fans, and Baltimore lost 13 - 10.
The Colts had a hard time selling out even though the team was winning division titles at the time...
Bob Irsay had begun openly shopping the team by, at latest, 1976. So, I think this, as well as his chaotic style, really turned off Colts' fans. Colts fans were used to winning and a team that was competently run. We weren't used to a boob like Bob Irsay!!
Memorial Stadium was also awful, as you can tell by the massive amount of bench and individual wooden chair seating in the different scenes of this vid. Much of the seating was no better than at the avg high school!
Anyway... the move was meant to be... as it gave us our beloved and respectable owner... Steve Bisciotti and his Baltimore Ravens!!
A word of warning NOW: if you grew up going to ball games in Baltimore in the 1950s through the 80s, you might want to keep a few tissues close by...because you're about to see a tearjerker.
Here it is-the one and only Memorial Stadium; close to the hearts of many in my age bracket. This video was shot on March 4 2001, just after demolition began. After driving around it a couple times I get close-ups of the stands and ball field. Can you picture Brooks Robinson at bat, or Johnny Unitas about to throw a pass? Does anyone remember the BALTIMORE Colts...at all? Maybe even Wild Bill Hagy? Miracles on 33rd Street!
Still...the sight of the demolition is very sad.
I uploaded this vid almost in its entirety again as my tribute to where major league baseball began in Baltimore. True, there were minor league Orioles once upon a time, playing at a stadium on Greenmount Ave (long gone), but my memories begin at Memorial (pronounced Mem-ORIOLE) Stadium.
Sorry about the background music if it's distracting. There are tidbits from The Cream, Steppenwolf, Procol Harum and others-all from the stadium's heyday.
Railfan note: Memorial Stadium once had streetcar service. A spur ran north from the Gorsuch Ave line up Loch Raven Road as far as 35th St to serve it. The streetcars then laid over in the MIDDLE of Loch Raven till the end of the game! Can you imagine the traffic jam that would result today if that happened??
Shot in Sony hi-8. Opening/closing photos (1954) courtesy of Baltimore County Public Library.
The all-steel stadium opened in time for the 1951 season and cost $60,000 to construct. Original capacity was 5,500. The stadium was oriented north-south from end zone to end zone with a playing field, west-side stands and a press box. In 1962, Memorial Stadium was expanded, reaching its final capacity of 10,022 with the addition of east-side stands.
History
The Arlington State College Rebels would win the national junior college championship in 1956 and 1957. The school would rise to four-year status in 1959. UTA would play as an NCAA College Division Independent for a half decade before founding the Southland Conference and playing its first conference game as a University in 1964. The stadium would host the 1966 SLC co-champions and the 1967 outright champions, the first SLC team to post a perfect conference record. The 1967 team would finish the regular season ranked third in the UPI poll and beat North Dakota State, who was ranked second in that poll, 13-0 in the 1967 Pecan Bowl.
Ewers is among the Texas players who from that area, and he has a few memories, good and bad, of playing at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys... "But going back to it, I just enjoy playing in this stadium for sure."
For the first time in 27 games, Texas football will enter a contest as a betting underdog when it ... In 2023, he passed for 327 yards and four touchdowns in a 33-30 Texas win at Royal-MemorialStadium.
The games will be played in back-to-back seasons starting September 12, 2026, at CowboyStadium in Lake Charles. McNeese will travel to Stephenville, Texas, on Sept. 11, 2027, to play the rematch at Memorial Stadium.
... the extra frame, it represented the first time the Horns gave up a scoring streak that big since Georgia took a 23-0 halftime lead at Royal-MemorialStadium, which was Texas' only regular-season loss.