Veterans
Stadium
Home of the Philadelphia EAGLES from August 16, 1971
through January 19, 2003.
The Philadelphia
Phillies are planning to auction off bits and pieces of Veterans Stadium after
the baseball season, including lockers, signs, dugout benches and swatches of
artificial turf.
The Phillies
are financially responsible for demolishing the Vet and hope to recoup some
of the costs
through the sale of stadium memorabilia - such as seats at $280 a pair. The
32-year-old concrete bowl
is scheduled to come down early next year as the Phillies and Eagles move into
new stadiums nearby.
The team
recently sent letters to season ticket-holders offering them first dibs on the
stadium's seats, and several
thousand fans already plunked down the money. The seats will be offered to the
general public beginning next month.
Although
Veterans Stadium has about 60,000 seats, only 20,000 pairs will be available
for sale.
That's because the seats share armrests, so for every two seats removed, one
seat is lost.
Apart from
the seat sale, the Phillies plan to hold an auction of other stadium memorabilia
sometime in late November or early December - just in time for the holiday buying
season.
- The Associated Press, May 7, 2003
Veterans Stadium facts and figures:
capacity:
65,352
cost: $52 million
location: 74 acres, former swampland in South Philadelphia
[the Phillies are owned by:
- Dave Montgomery
- Bill Giles
- Claire S. Betz
- Tri-play Associates: Alex K. Buck, J. Mahlon Buck Jr., William
C. Buck
- Double Play Inc: John S. Middleton]
playing surface:
2000 AstroTurf-8 1/4" low-pile carpet on top
5/8" foam pad on top concrete
2001 NeXturf plastic grass blades with
synthetic rubber granules (a "root zone")
2002 NeXturf on top of wire mesh on top
of a 1 3/8" foam pad on top of concrete
Veterans
Stadium upgrades:
mid-1980s Phanavision installed
1985-1987 Skyboxes installed in 3 phases
1990s concrete restoration and waterproofing
1990s railing replacement completed
1990s additional lighting added
1995 blue seats installed
2001 NeXturf installed
Veterans
Stadium will be imploded some time in February 2004.
As of December 2003, the demolition date has been pushed back to late March
or early April 2004.
Veterans Stadium rumored to be imploded on March 28th. Actual implosion takes
place on March 21, 2004.
an audio recording of the implosion of Veterans Stadium on 04-3-21 7am
TURN YOUR VOLUME UP - THE RECORDING IS NOT VERY LOUD
(you will hear about half of it - the actual implosion took a little over one
minute)
Veterans Stadium seating chart for Eagles football games
42 concerts held at Veterans Stadium:
Aug 14-15 1985 Bruce
Springsteen Born In The USA Tour
Sept 5 1985 Wham!
May 28-29 1987
Genesis
June 30-31 1987 David
Bowie Glass Spiders Tour June 31st
July 18 1987 Madonna
May 15-16 1988
Pink Floyd
June 11 1988 Van
Halen Monsters of Rock
May 15-16 1988 Pink
Floyd
July 10-11 1989 The
Who the first of many "Farewell" Tours July
10th
Aug 31-Sept 1 1989 The Rolling Stones Steel
Wheels Tour X ?
July 14-15 1990
Paul McCartney and Wings July 15th
May 31-June 1 1992 Genesis We Can't Dance Tour
Sept 2-3 1992 U2
Zoo TV Tour Sept 3rd
June 13 1993
Paul McCartney and Wings
June 2-4 1994
Pink Floyd June 2nd & 4th
June 8,9,12 1994
Billy Joel / Elton John
Sept 22-23 1994
The Rolling Stones Sept 22nd & 23rd
Oct 12 1997
The Rolling Stones
May 20-22 1999
Dave Matthews Band
July 15-16 2000 Dave
Matthews Band
June 13 200? N'Sync
Sept 18 2002
The Rolling Stones
July 12 2003
Metallica
July 26 2003
Bon Jovi / Sheryl Crow / Goo Goo Dolls
return
to top
home
Copyright © billhance.com. All rights reserved.