Former names | Bison Stadium (1924–1934) |
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Address | 1515 Michigan Ave. |
Location | Buffalo, New York |
Coordinates | 42°54′54″N 78°51′43″W / 42.915114°N 78.862009°W |
Owner | Sportservice |
Capacity | 15,012 |
Record attendance | Overall: 25,000 Alf Landon rally, 8/28/1936 Sports: 23,386 Bisons vs. Red Wings, 9/22/1933 |
Field size | Left field: 321 ft (98 m) Left-center field: 346 ft (105 m) Center field: 400 ft (120 m) Right-center field: 366 ft (112 m) Right field: 297 ft (91 m) Backstop: 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Surface | Natural grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1923 |
Opened | April 30, 1924 |
Closed | September 17, 1960 |
Demolished | 1961 |
Construction cost | US$265,000 ($4.71 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Tenants | |
Buffalo Bisons (IL) 1924–1960 Buffalo Bisons/Rangers (NFL) 1924–1929 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL) 1951–1955 |
Offermann Stadium was an outdoor baseball and football stadium in Buffalo, New York. Opened in 1924 as Bison Stadium, it was home to the Buffalo Bisons (IL), Buffalo Bisons/Rangers (NFL) and Indianapolis Clowns (NAL).
The stadium hosted notable events including the Little World Series (1927) and Junior World Series (1933, 1936 and 1957). The venue also hosted summer boxing cards, most famously the 1930 bout between future International Boxing Hall of Fame members Jimmy Slattery and Maxie Rosenbloom.
The venue was demolished in 1961 and is now the site of Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts.