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The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo.
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Polo Grounds war der Name von drei verschiedenen...
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Polo Grounds war der Name von drei verschiedenen Sportstadien in Manhattan, New York City, die alle von den New York Giants – teilweise auch zeitlich überlappend – von 1883 bis zum Übersiedeln nach San Francisco 1957 als Baseballstadion genutzt wurden.
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Located in Coogans Bluff in upper Manhattan sat one of baseballs most hallowed ballparks, Polo Grounds. This unique and storied ballpark was home to many legendary players, championship teams and memorable sports moments throughout its storied history. Polo Grounds was a name used on multiple ballparks dating back to the late 1800s. Named after the...
In 1889 the Giants moved to Coogans Hollow, a meadow below Coogans Bluff in Harlem, where the team played in several ballparks known as Polo Grounds over seven decades. Located along 155th and 157th Streets along 8th Avenue, the Giants played their first game at the second Polo Grounds on July 8, 1889. Located along 157th and 159th Streets was Brot...
During this time, other teams in baseball were constructing ballparks of steel and concrete. The Giants did the same and constructed the fourth and final Polo Grounds on the same location as its predecessor. On June 28, 1911, the New York Giants played their first game at the partially completed Polo Grounds. They had started the year at the New Yo...
In 1922, Polo Grounds was enclosed except in centerfield increasing the capacity to 54,555. The grandstands were extended to the 2,300 bleachers that were on both sides of the clubhouse in centerfield. The left field upper deck overhung the playing field by 23 feet. With this addition, Polo Grounds now looked like a horseshoe. Round behind home pla...
Polo Grounds changed very little during the rest of its tenure as a baseball stadium. By the 1950s the Giants were struggling to attract fans, Polo Grounds was falling into disrepair and tenement housing was built surround the ballpark. Due to these issues and failing to receive support for a new stadium, Giants owner Horace Stoneham announced on A...
Polo Grounds was not only home to five championship New York Giants baseball teams, but home to the New York Yankees from 1913 to 1922, the New York Giants football team from 1925 to 1955, the New York Titans/Jets from 1960 to 1963. It was also the site of many famous boxing matches including the 1923 heavyweight championship between Jack Dempsey a...
Polo is a ball game that is played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. [9] The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal.
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 to 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo.
