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]