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	Veterans Stadium
		Veterans Stadium was built on a 74-acre site in South Philadelphia, part of a complex that also included the Spectrum, home of both the Flyers (NHL) and 76ers (NBA), and JFK Stadium, site of the annual Army-Navy college football game.
		Veterans Stadium replaced 62-year-old Shibe Park (A.K.A. Connie Mack Stadium), which was located north of the city.
		At the Veterans Stadium opening, the ceremonial first pitch was dropped from a helicopter to Phillies catcher Mike Ryan, who bobbled the ball but held on.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/vetera.htm (701 words)

	Veterans Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Philadelphia Veterans Stadium (or "The Vet") was located at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue in Philadelphia.
		The stadium became famous for the rowdiness of Eagles fans (although the infamous incident in which fans booed Santa Claus during a halftime show occurred in 1968 at Franklin Field) and none more so than the 1989 follow-up game to what many called "The Bounty Bowl".
		The ultimate end came when the 33-year old stadium was imploded on March 21, 2004 as shown in the time-lapse photo on the left.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Veterans_Stadium (1383 words)

	Stadiums of the NFL-Veterans Stadium-Philadelphia Eagles
		It was called one of the worst stadiums in the NFL during its time and few fans and players are sad that Veterans Stadium is now only a memory.
		Veterans Stadium was demolished on March 21, 2004.
		Stadiums of the NFL is not associated with the National Football League or any team mentioned.
	www.stadiumsofnfl.com /past/VeteransStadium.htm (436 words)

	Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
		Veterans Stadium was one of the largest ballparks in the National League.
		With one out in the bottom of the ninth, and a runner on first base, the last pitch in Veterans Stadium history is about to be thrown by Jason Marquis of the Atlanta Braves to Phillies 2nd baseman Chase Utley...
		The All Time Phillies / Veterans Stadium team (at least those who could attend or were invited), on the field for one last cheer, along with most of the 2003 Phillies.
	www.ebaseballparks.com /veterans.html (586 words)

	Coffeyville Community College - Campus Tour - Veterans Stadium
		Veterans Stadium is a 6,000 seat city-owned facility north of Hillcrest Golf Course.
		The stadium is used primarily by Coffeyville Community College for football and track and by USD #445 for football, track, and soccer.
		The stadium is also used by the city for a multitude events such as the annual Fourth of July concert and fireworks extravaganza.
	www.ccc.cc.ks.us /future/tour/stadium.htm (97 words)

	Philadelphia Phillies Ballpark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Veterans Stadium was at long last finished in 1971.
		The multi-colored, multi-purpose stadium, the largest in the National League, was completed at a final cost of about $52 million.
		The stadium turned out to be a good omen for the Phillies as they entered the most successful era in club history.
	phillies.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/phi/ballpark/phi_ballpark_history.jsp (1460 words)

	Coffeyville Community College - Football - Veterans Memorial Stadium
		Veterans Memorial Stadium opened for football August 25, 2001 in the “Border Battle” revival versus NEO.
		Veterans Memorial Stadium seats approximately 5,500 fans, although opening night drew a crowd in excess of 6,000 people.
		The stadium was officially dedicated on July 4, 2001 with a gala fireworks show and a country music festival featuring Ricky Van Shelton.
	www.ccc.cc.ks.us /athletics/football/stadium.htm (241 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Veterans Stadium-Philadelphia Phillies
		Philadelphia, PA Known for the worst turf and playing conditions, Veterans Stadium was the home of the Philadelphia Phillies for more than 30 years.
		By 1966, two locations for a new stadium were still being deliberated, while the cost of construction continued to rise.
		For many years, Veterans Stadium was known as one of the worst stadiums in baseball, with its terrible Astroturf.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/VeteransStadium.htm (654 words)

	Veterans Stadium - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
		Veterans Stadium is one of the three nondescript, multi-purpose, cold stadiums built in the 60's and 70's.
		It's a bit bigger than either Three Rivers Stadium or Cinergy Field (Riverfront), but all three feel so similar that it would be easy to forget which one you are in.
		After Veterans Stadium was demolished, it became a parking lot for the new ballpark.
	www.ballparkreviews.com /philly/philly.htm (286 words)

	Veterans Stadium Articles
		It could mean not only the death of Philadelphia's stadium hopes this year, but the beginning of a long-term feud between the two cities that can only be avoided if the Legislature returns to the capital Monday and votes to authorize state funding for all four stadium projects.
		The ability to move forward on four new stadiums is a great step for not only the fans of the Eagles, Phillies, Pirates, and Steelers, but for the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions and for the state of Pennsylvania as a whole.
		The school had planned on using the new stadium, but last week when the team was scheduled to use Veterans Stadium, the venue was in use by the Phillies.
	www.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/PhiladelphiaEagles/articles.htm (4768 words)

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	The Mercury - News - 03/21/2004 - Veterans Stadium, R.I.P.
		The stadium saw its last gridiron match (that loss to Tampa Bay) in January 2003, its last concert (Bon Jovi and Sheryl Crow were involved) in July, its last nine innings (loss, the Braves) in September.
		The stadium has long been criticized as colorless, characterless and cold, and Pappas said he could agree with that assessment to a point.
		The Vet, Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh and Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati "were all cloned around the same time, the late ’60s, the early ’70s," he said.
	www.pottstownmercury.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11154122&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6 (1075 words)

	Ballparks
		Almost three decades later, Veterans Stadium stands as a monument to nondescript, one of the ultimate cookie-cutter stadiums that have drawn the everlasting scorn of ballpark purists.
		The stadiums of the 1970s were built in the shadow of Houston's Astrodome, the biggest, baddest, most wondrous superstructure ever erected -- the sports arena that lifted the concept of multipurpose practicality to a new level.
		When Veterans Stadium opened its doors, it was hailed as a masterpiece, a circular, enclosed, concrete-based sports nirvana located within a few dribbles of two other South Philadelphia sports arenas -- the Spectrum and John F. Kennedy Stadium, now the site of First Union Center.
	archive.sportingnews.com /baseball/ballparks/veterans.html (813 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Arlington Stadium-Texas Rangers
		The stadium had 10,600 seats, and the playing field was 40 feet below the parking area enabling it to be enlarged to have a seating capacity of 50,000.
		The team was renamed the Texas Rangers and Turnpike Stadium was renamed Arlington Stadium because Turnpike Stadium was thought to be an inappropriate name for a major league stadium.
		It was the hottest stadium in baseball as almost all the Rangers' home games, even Sunday games, were played at night due to the summer heat and humidity.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/ArlingtonStadium.htm (458 words)

	Clem's Baseball ~ Veterans Stadium
		Widely disparaged as one of the worst of the cloned "doughnut" stadiums of the 1960s-1970s era, Veterans Stadium had few interesting features.
		It was the second "octorad" stadium built; the first was San Diego (Jack Murphy) Stadium.
		Veterans Stadium only had two main decks, plus a small mezzanine level for skyboxes and press boxes.
	www.andrewclem.com /Baseball/VeteransStadium.html (459 words)

	Veterans Stadium
		The situation had escalated by 1953, the year that the park was renamed Connie Mack Stadium.
		The movement for a new stadium suffered numerous setbacks, but a bond issue was passed by the voters and goundbreaking ceremonies were finally held on October 2, 1967.
		The first event held at the new Philadelphia Veterans Stadium was the 1971 baseball season opener between the National League Philadelphia Phillies and the Montreal Expos, with the home team winning 4 - 1.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/PhiladelphiaEagles/index.htm (681 words)

	Page One \| Philadelphia Inquirer
		Reacting to the hooliganism at Veterans Stadium during a recent Monday night football game, the city and the Eagles yesterday announced plans to turn the Vet into a thug-free zone during NFL games.
		Their temporary court will be set up on the first floor of the stadium, near the two holding cells used by stadium-based police.
		Inside the stadium, Lurie said, concessionaire Ogden Services Corp. has agreed to strict enforcement of the team's ban on beer sales after the start of the third quarter.
	home.earthlink.net /~bunday/benint/cowboys/phinq.html (1103 words)

	Preparations made to demolish Veterans Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Veterans Stadium, the concrete bowl that the Phillies and Eagles called home for more than a quarter-century, is undergoing preparations for its implosion in the spring.
		Workers have been stripping the stadium of its interior constructs to reduce the amount of dust when the building is ultimately demolished.
		Phillies officials are moving out of their offices this week, and they met with a group of neighborhood residents several days ago to discuss the implosion process and allay health concerns and fears of property damage.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/08/sports1746EST0414.DTL (495 words)

	Veterans Stadium Imploded With Fans Still In It
		Veterans Stadium Imploded With Fans Still In It PHILADELPHIA, PA--Philadelphia sports fans have long been considered the most vile, cruel, and violent fans in the nation.
		As soon as the seats were filled, the button was pushed and old Veterans Stadium collapsed in a cloud of dust and debris, taking approximately 65,000 of America’s worst fans with it.
		The decision to implode the fans and the stadium was made by mayor John Street in conjunction with team officials from the Phillies and Eagles.
	www.thebrushback.com /Archives/veteransstadium_full.htm (699 words)

	Philadelphia Veterans Stadium reduced to rubble in just over a minute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Veterans Stadium was reduced to a pile of rubble in just over a minute Sunday as hundreds of people looked on.
		Actually, it took more than three years to build the stadium, which was completed in 1971 at a cost of about $52 million.
		A large area around the sports complex in south Philadelphia was closed off, and airspace above the stadium was restricted to a 1,500-foot elevation for a quarter-mile radius during the implosion.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/21/national0719EST0432.DTL (507 words)

	Maryland Stadium Authority - Veterans Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Maryland Stadium Authority oversaw construction of the Veterans' Memorial at the Sports Complex at Camden Yards.
		The language on the new memorial incorporates most of the essential wording from the memorial formerly located on Memorial Stadium on 33rd Street but is updated to include veterans of all of our Nation's wars.
		The ceremonial groundbreaking was held on Veterans' Day, November 11th, 2002 and was completed in Spring, 2003.
	www.mdstad.com /projects/completed-veterans.htm (159 words)

	BallparkTour - Former ballparks of Philadelphia - Veterans Stadium
		Veterans Stadium was at long last finished in 1971.
		The multi-colored, multi-purpose stadium, the largest in the National League, was completed at a final cost of about $52 million.
		The stadium turned out to be a good omen for the Phillies as they entered the most successful era in club history.
	www.ballparktour.com /Former_Philadelphia_2.html (909 words)

	Veterans Stadium \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Part of a stadium complex that includes the Spectrum and JFK Stadium, the Vet is a typical multi-purpose modern facility, housing both the Phillies and the NFL's Eagles.
		The stadium is circular, with symmetrical outfield fences and artificial turf, and its 62,382 seats currently make it the NL's largest stadium.
		After the stadium opened in 1971 (christened by a "first pitch" dropped into catcher Mike Ryan’s glove by a hovering helicopter) its fences were quickly raised from 6' to 12' because the lively turf produced an inordinate number of ground-rule doubles.
	baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/V/Veterans_Stadium.stm (575 words)

	Veterans Memorial Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For example, in 1949, the stadium's first year, the public address operator played the National anthem in the middle of the game in order to halt a brouhaha between the home team and the Kewanee A's.
		Oh, they've got a few new gizmos and attractions here, such as a hot tub behind the right field wall and an giant Kernels Jersey (the world's largest!) that is displayed on a giant inflatable bust.
		The new stadium will probably have a much better concourse, more amenities, and most certainly better facilities for the players.
	www.small-parks.com /vetsmem.htm (443 words)

	BallParkWatch - Veterans Memorial Stadium / Cedar Rapids Kernels
		Veterans Memorial Stadium is in the midst of a residential area and there is not really a direct route there from the major thoroughfares.
		One of the two new ballparks in the Midwest League in 2002, Veterans Memorial Stadium is a spacious, functional ballpark that eschews the trappings of many new neotraditional ballparks in favor of a simple design that stresses clean sightlines and easy access to amenities and concessions.
		One reason why I particularly like Veterans Memorial Stadium is that it was designed for pure baseball fans, under the premise that no matter where one is in the ballpark you'll want to know exactly what's going on on the field.
	www.ballparkwatch.com /visits/cedar_rapids.htm (1580 words)

	Veterans Stadium
		We were disappointed as we pulled in to the stadium parking to see "No Tailgating" signs but other people had some grills going so we figured we were OK and set up camp.
		The guy at the convenience store refuses to sell him the beer because he says that their prices are rip-off and he refuses to rip off a serviceman, so he makes him go to the "beer store" a good ways down the road.
		Veterans Stadium is on the "destined to be replaced" list (2004) so it was great to be able to fit this one in our trip before it's too late.
	www.ballparkroadtrip.com /thevet.htm (2672 words)

	Veterans Stadium reduced to rubble - - MSNBC.com
		PHILADELPHIA - Veterans Stadium became merely a memory Sunday when the building known for rabid fans, terrible turf and an in-house judge was reduced to a pile of rubble in just more than a minute.
		Pete Rose met his future wife at the Vet when she was an Eagles cheerleader — years later, the women sued 29 NFL teams, claiming visiting players peeped on them in the dressing room.
		A large area around the sports complex was closed off, and airspace above the stadium was restricted to a 1,500-foot elevation for a quarter-mile radius during the implosion.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4573180 (896 words)

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