Pelican Park (New Orleans) Explained

Stadium Name:Pelican Park
Location:New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates:29.973°N -90.102°W
Opened:1908
Closed:1914
Demolished:1914
Surface:Grass
Tenants:New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) (1908–1914)

Pelican Park was a sports stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1908 to 1914.[1] [2] The ballpark was bound by South Carrollton Avenue, Palmyra Street, Banks Street and Scott Street.[3] A contest was conducted to name the new ballpark. "Pelican Park" won out over scores of other entries.

When Pelican Park was demolished in 1914, the park's wooden grandstand was disassembled and relocated several blocks down Carrollton Avenue by mules to the intersection of Carrollton Avenue and Tulane Avenue. It reopened on April 13, 1915, as Pelican Stadium.

It was home to the New Orleans Pelicans baseball organization from 1908 to 1914.[4]

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  1. Web site: History of New Orleans Baseball. neworleansbaseball.com. 2015-02-08.
  2. Web site: New Orleans Baseball History. milb.com. 2015-02-08.
  3. Web site: Ragtime Baseball in New Orleans. nxtbook.com. 2015-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209080917/http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/leh/lcv-fall10/#/34. 2015-02-09. dead.
  4. Web site: New Orleans. southernassociationbaseball.com/. 2015-02-08.