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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 4h

🏀 Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse, Moorhead, MN circa 2010 – Home of the Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragons 🐉 – Opened 1960 – Capacity 2,200

#MSUM #Dragons #Moorhead #MSUMDragons #MSUMBasketball #CollegeBasketball #NSIC #NCAA #MSUMoreheadDragons #Nemzek #DragonPride

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 1d

⚾🌴 Blair Field – Long Beach, California
📸 Circa 2015
Former spring home of Chicago Cubs (1966) 🐻
Current home of the Long Beach State Dirtbags
Opened 1958 | Capacity 3,238

#BlairField #LongBeach #LongBeachState #Dirtbags #LongBeachStateDirtbags #ChicagoCubs

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 1d

🏟️ Santiago Bernabéu Stadium – Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸

📸 Circa 2002 — photographed before the major renovations.
Home of Real Madrid CF ⚽️
Opened 1947 | Capacity 81,044

#StadiumVagabond #SantiagoBernabeu #RealMadrid #LosBlancos #Madrid #Spain #LaLiga #UEFA #ChampionsLeague #UCL

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 1d

🏟️ Bill Armstrong Stadium, Bloomington, IN — 📸 1987 vs 2021

⚽️ Home of @IndianaMSOC & the iconic Little 500 🏁—the legendary bike race from Breaking Away 🎬🚴‍♂️

Old: 1981–2018 (6,500)
New: 2021 (7,500)

#StadiumVagabond #IndianaHoosiers #Little500 #BreakingAway #CollegeSoccer

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 2d

🐎 Foxboro Raceway (fka Bay State Raceway, etc), Foxborough, MA – circa 1999
🏁 Opened 1947 | 🛑 Closed 1997 | 🏗️ Demolished 2000 for CMGI Field
🏟️ Bottom: Gillette Stadium – circa 2010 | Opened 2002 | Capacity 64,628
#StadiumVagabond #GilletteStadium #NFL #MLS

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 2d

📸 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at TD Ballpark, Dunedin at a 2021 Blue Jays vs. Red Sox regular season game. With Canadian COVID rules, the Jays opened their MLB season at their spring home in front of just 1,566 fans + 100s of cardboard cutouts 🪑⚾

#VladimirGuerreroJr #BlueJays #ALCS #Game7 #WorldSeries

Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 3d

🏒 Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, VT circa 2008
Home of the University of Vermont Catamounts
📍 Opened in 1963
🎟️ Capacity: 4,007

#GoCatsGo #UVMHockey #VermontCatamounts #BurlingtonVT #CollegeHockey #HockeyEast #FrozenFour #TheGut #Groundhopping #HistoricArenas #NCAAHockey #HockeyHistory

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 4d

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA circa 2021 -🦉Temple University Owls vs Houston Cougars
Opened 2003
Capacity 69,796

#LincolnFinancialField #TheLinc #TempleOwls #HoustonCougars #Philadelphia #PhillySports #CollegeFootball #StadiumLife #GroundHopping

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 4d

Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, Lake Placid, NY circa 2016 - Used In 1980 Winter Olympics 🏔️⛷️

#LakePlacid #LakePlacidNY #OlympicJumping #SkiJumping #WinterOlympics #OlympicHistory #USA #Adirondacks #TravelPhotography #SportsTravel #OutdoorAdventure #GroundHopping

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 4d

R. R. Jones Stadium, El Paso, TX - El Paso High School circa 2022

🏟️ Opened 1916
💺Capacity 12,000
🌞🥣Hosted 1st 3 Sun Bowl games (1935-37)

#elp #elpasotx #elpaso #elpasotexas #elpaot915 #elphs #TexasHighSchoolFootball #groundhopping #FridayNightLights #UTEP #CdJuarez

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 4d

🏙️ Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium – University of Illinois Chicago
📍 Chicago, IL | circa 2019
Opened 1996 | Capacity 1,000
🔥 One of the best skyline views in college baseball

#UICFlames #UIC #FlamesBaseball #CollegeBaseball #Chicago #Baseball #ChicagoSkyline

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 7d

🎶 Concert Vagabond: Royal Albert Hall – London, UK 🇬🇧
📸 Photo from a 2019 Gipsy Kings concert 🎸💃

The venue also has hosted boxing, squash, table tennis, basketball, wrestling, tennis and this week, sumo wrestling! 🤼‍♀️

🏛️ Opened: 1871
👥 Capacity: 5,272

#RoyalAlbertHall #GipsyKings #London #Sumo

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 8d

📍 Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Portland, Oregon (1993)🌹
🏒 Home of the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks
🏀 Former home of the Portland Trail Blazers (1970–1995)
📅 Opened: 1960
👥 Capacity: 12,000

#PortlandTrailBlazers #TrailBlazers #RipCity #Winterhawks #PortlandWinterhawks

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 8d

🎶 Concert Vagabond 🎶
🏟️ Hampden Park, Glasgow
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔥🎤 Scotland’s National Stadium at a 2005 Oasis concert!

#Oasis #LiamGallagher #NoelGallagher #HighFlyingBirds #Britpop #LiveMusic #ConcertHistory #HampdenPark #Glasgow #Scotland #ScottishMusic #MusicPhotography

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 8d

📍Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan circa 2005 🇯🇵
Built for the 1964 Summer Olympics🏅🏟️
Capacity 13,291

#Tokyo #Japan #YoyogiNationalGymnasium #Yoyogi #Olympics #TokyoOlympics #OlympicVenues #StadiumDesign #ArchitectureLovers #KenzoTange #OlympicHistory #OlympicLegacy

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 9d

📍 Exhibition Stadium – Toronto, Ontario, Canada (circa 1988) 🇨🇦
🏟️ Former home of the Toronto Blue Jays ⚾ and Toronto Argonauts 🏈
📅 Opened: 1959 | 🏚️ Demolished: 1999

#Toronto #BlueJays #MLB #TorontoBlueJays #Canada #GoJaysGo #BlueJaysBaseball #ALCS #MLBPlayoffs #Atari

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 10d

🏟️ USAir Arena (aka Capital Centre), Landover, MD
📅 April 9, 1995: Washington Bullets vs Celtics

Former home of Bullets/Wizards 🏀 & Capitals 🏒
• Opened: 1973
• Demolished: 2002
• Capacity: 18,756 (BB) | 18,130 (hockey)

#NBA #WashingtonBullets #WizardsHistory #DMVSports

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 13d

🏀 Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center, Knoxville, TN circa 2004 & 2025 🍊 (Taken from opposite sides of arena)
Home of Tennessee Volunteers basketball & volleyball
• Opened: 1987
• Current capacity: 21,678

#GoVols #VolNation #RockyTop #TennesseeBasketball #TennesseeVolunteers #FoodCityCenter

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 13d

Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, UK (circa 2011) 🏟️
Home of Stoke City F.C. - The Potters
Opened: 1997
Capacity: 30,089

#StokeCity #TheBritannia #StokeCityFC #EFL #Championship #FootballHeritage #Groundspotting #Groundhopper #FootballUK #Potters #StokeOnTrent #Soccer #StadiumLove #StokeForever

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 14d

SkyDome (Rogers Centre) – Toronto🇨🇦
🏟️ Captured from the CN Tower circa 1988 & 1990 — during the final years of construction and early days of the dome!
⚾ Home of the Blue Jays
🏈 Former home of the Argonauts
🏀 Hosted Raptors’ early NBA games

#RogersCentre #BlueJays #TorontoArgonauts #Argos #ALCS

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 14d

🛬 Landing at LAX — then vs now.
The site once housed Hollywood Park Racetrack (1938–2013) 🐎 before becoming home to 🏈 SoFi Stadium.

You can spot The Forum (former Lakers 🏀 & Kings 🏒 home) near the top in both shots.

#SoFiStadium #LAHistory #Rams #Chargers #Lakers #LAKings

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 15d

📍 Michigan Stadium – Ann Arbor, MI
🏟️ Before & after reno (circa 1989, 1992 & 2025)
💛💙 Home of the Michigan Wolverines

Opened: 1927 | Capacity: 107,601 〽️

#TheBigHouse #MichiganStadium #GoBlue #MichiganFootball #MichiganWolverines #CollegeFootball #CFB #BigTen #MaizeOut
#UMich #UofM #StadiumVagabond

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 15d

📍 Hersheypark Arena – Hershey, PA 🍫
🏒 Opened 1936 | Former home of Hershey Bears (AHL)
🏆 Hosted multiple Calder Cup champs
🏀 Site of Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game (Philadelphia Warriors vs Knicks – 3/2/62)

#HersheyPA #Hershey #Hersheypark #HersheyBears #AHL #WiltChamberlain #NBAHistory

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 15d

📍 Civic Stadium – Eugene, OR (2002)
🏟️ Home of the Eugene Emeralds (MiLB)
📅 Opened 1938 | Closed 2009 | Burned 2015 (arson)
🔥 Capacity: 6,800 | Built as a WPA project, once on the National Register of Historic Places

#Eugene #Oregon #MiLB #BaseballHistory #CivicStadium #StadiumVagabond

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 15d

📍 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) — Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🔥 2001 Milan Derby: Inter 0️⃣–6️⃣ AC Milan
🏟️ Soon to be replaced by a new stadium.

Read more about the Derby della Madonnina and how it sparked my love for football⚽:
👉 www.stadiumvagabond.com/post/the-mil...

#SanSiro #ACMilan #InterMilan #SerieA

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