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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 13h

🏙️ 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 · 3d

🎶 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 · 4d

📍 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 · 4d

🎶 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 · 4d

📍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 · 5d

📍 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 · 6d

🏟️ 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 · 9d

🏀 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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

🛬 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 · 11d

📍 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 · 11d

📍 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 · 11d

📍 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 · 11d

📍 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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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 11d

🏟️ Fitton Field, Worcester, MA circa 2011
🏈 Home of the Holy Cross University Crusaders
🕰️ Opened 1908 (first game on site)
🪑Capacity 23,500

#HolyCross #HolyCrossFootball #WorcesterMA #Worcester #WOOtOWN #CrusaderNation #StadiumThrowback #FittonField #CollegeFootballHistory

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 11d

🏟️ Roos Field — Cheney, WA
Home of the Eastern Washington University Eagles 🦅
Opened: 1967
Seating Capacity: 8,600
Known for its red turf “Inferno” 🔴🔥

#RoosField #EWU #GoEags #EasternWashington #EWUEagles #EWUAthletics #PNW #WashingtonState #Washington #Spokane #CheneyWA #EWUFootball

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 12d

📣 Battle of the Milwaukee Brewers Ballparks

🏟️ County Stadium (1953–2000) — Home of Braves (’53–’65) & Brewers (’70–’00)
vs
🏟️ American Family Field (2001–, originally Miller Park) — Capacity 41,900

🗳️ Which one wins? ⚾️🍺⬇️

#MilwaukeeBrewers #BrewCrew #AmericanFamilyField #NLPlayoffs #MLBPostseason

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 15d

📍 The MECCA Arena – Milwaukee, WI circa 1988
🏀 Former home of the Milwaukee Bucks (1968–1988)
🎓 Now UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena, home to the Panthers & Admirals (AHL) 🐾🏒
📅 Opened: 1950
🎨 MECCA court by artist, Robert Indiana

#MECCA #MilwaukeeBucks #FearTheDeer #NBA

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 15d

📍 Boston Garden – Boston, MA
🏀☘️ Former home of the Celtics & 🏒🐻 Bruins
📅 Opened: 1928 | Closed: 1995 | Demolished: 1998

#BostonGarden #Celtics #Bruins #BostonCeltics #BostonBruins #NBA #NHL #ArenaHistory #Demolition #Boston #LarryBird #BillRussell #BobbyOrr #HistoricArenas #StadiumVagabond

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 16d

🏀 McCabe Gymnasium — Honolulu, HI circa 2023 🌺🤙
Home of Chaminade University Silverswords basketball & women’s volleyball🗡️
📆 Opened: 1957
👥 Capacity: 1,000

#McCabeGym #ChaminadeUniversity #NCAA #Silverswords #Honolulu #HawaiiSports #DII #Volleyball #CollegeBasketball

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 16d

📍 Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center (fka Charleston Civic Center) – Charleston, WV circa 2021 🏟️
📅 Opened: 1958
👥 Capacity: 13,500

#CharlestonWV #WestVirginia #Coliseum #ConcertVenue #VenueHistory #Arena #WeAreMarshall #HistoricVenues #LiveEventsWV #ColiseumLife

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 16d

⚾️ Don Mattingly Day — August 31, 1997
Yankee Stadium honored #23 before the game vs the Montréal Expos, retiring his number and placing his plaque in Monument Park.🧢

#DonMattingly #YankeeLegend #MonumentPark #Yankees #BronxBombers #YankeeStadium #NYY #MLBPlayoffs #MLBWildcard

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Stadium Vagabond @stadiumvagabond.bsky.social · 16d

📣 Battle of Wrigley Field: Before vs After Renovations

🏟️ Wrigley Field (Pre-Reno)

vs

🏟️ Wrigley Field (Post-Reno)

🗳️ Which version wins?

These photos are available as a 2-sided pillow showing both versions…stadiumvagabond.com/product-page/c…

#WrigleyField #Cubs #ChicagoCubs

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