 Main stadium entrance, ca. 1940 | |
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| Full name | Jersey City Roosevelt Stadium |
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| Location | Danforth Ave. & New Jersey Route 1 (now NJ Route 440) Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°42′23″N 74°6′18″W / 40.70639°N 74.10500°W |
| Owner | Jersey City |
| Operator | Jersey City |
| Capacity | 24,000 |
| Field size | Left – 330 ft (100 m) Left Center – 377 ft (115 m) Center – 411 ft (125 m) Right Center – 377 ft (115 m) Right – 330 ft (100 m) Backstop – 60 ft (18 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | December 10, 1935 |
| Built | 1935–1937 |
| Opened | April 23, 1937 |
| Renovated | 1970 |
| Closed | 1981 |
| Demolished | 1985 |
| Construction cost | $1.5 million ($132 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Christian H. Ziegler |
| Tenants | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers (MLB) (1956–1957, 15 games) Jersey City Giants (IL) (1937–1950) Jersey City Giants (AA) (1938–1950) Jersey City Jerseys (IL) (1960–1961) Jersey City State College (NCAA) (1966–1976) Jersey Jays (ACFL) (1970) Jersey City Indians (EL) (1977) Jersey City A's (EL) (1978) | |
Roosevelt Stadium was a baseball stadium at Droyer's Point in Jersey City, New Jersey. It opened on April 23, 1937, and was the home of the Jersey City Giants of the International League (IL), the Triple-A farm team of the New York Giants, from 1937 to 1950 and later hosted other high-minor league baseball teams. It also hosted 15 Major League Baseball (MLB) home games for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1956 to 1957, plus championship boxing matches, top-name musical acts, an annual championship drum and bugle corps competition known as "The Dream" (1946–1983), professional wrestling matches, important regional high school football games, college football games, minor league football games, soccer matches and even NASCAR races. The stadium was demolished in 1985 and replaced by the Society Hill housing development.
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