Crescent City Base Ball Park Explained

Stadium Name:Crescent City Base Ball Park
Location:New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates:29.985°N -90.116°W
Opened:1886
Renovated:1888
Surface:Grass
Former Names:Sportsman's Park (1886–1887)
Tenants:New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) (1886–1900)
Tulane Green Wave (football) (1893–1900)

Crescent City Base Ball Park, originally known as Sportsman's Park (1886–1887), was a sports stadium in New Orleans from 1886 to 1900.[1] [2] The stadium was renamed Crescent City Base Ball Park in 1888 and reopened on February 9, 1888.[3] The ball park was located at City Park Avenue and what is now the Pontchartrain Expressway across from Greenwood Cemetery.[4]

It was home to the New Orleans Pelicans baseball organization from 1887 to 1900.[5] It was also home to the Tulane Green Wave football team from 1893 to 1900.[6]

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Notes and References

  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. Book: Somers. Dale A.. The Rise of Sports in New Orleans: 1850-1900. 1966. February 8, 2015. Pelican Publishing. Gretna, Louisiana. 1455611298. 122.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: New Orleans. southernassociationbaseball.com/. 2015-02-08.
  6. Web site: The History of Tulane Stadium(s). bestofneworleans.com. 2018-02-06. 2018-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180206191335/https://m.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/the-history-of-tulane-stadiums/Content?oid=2028941. dead.