List of baseball parks in New Orleans

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This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in New Orleans, Louisiana. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.

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Heinemann Park in 1934 Pelican Stadium 1934.jpg
Heinemann Park in 1934
Crescent City Base Ball Park or Sportsman's Park
Home of:
New Orleans PelicansSouthern League (1887–mid-1888) league disbanded – club transferred to Texas League mid-1888 – it also failed
New Orleans PelicansSouthern League (1889) disbanded after season
New Orleans PelicansSouthern League (1892–1896) disbanded after season
New Orleans PelicansSouthern League (1898–1899) disbanded after 1899
Location: New Basin Canal (now covered by Pontchartrain Expressway aka Interstate-10); across from Greenwood Cemetery; Metairie Road / City Park Avenue. Contemporary city directories give the location as "New Basin Canal and South Metairie Rd"
Athletic Park
Home of: New Orleans PelicansSouthern Association (1901–1907)
Location: Tulane Avenue (northeast, right field); South Pierce Street (northwest, left field); Scott Street (southeast, first base); New Basin Canal (southwest, third base) - across Pierce from later Pelican Stadium site
Pelican Park
Home of:
New Orleans PelicansSouthern Association (1908–1914)
New Orleans Little Pels - Cotton States League (1912) moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi after a few weeks
Location: South Carrollton Avenue (northwest, home plate); Palmyra Street (northeast, left field); Pierce Street (southeast, center field); Banks Street (southwest, right field)
Currently: commercial businesses
Pelican Stadium originally Heinemann Park (1915–1937)
Home of:
New Orleans PelicansSouthern Association (1915–1957)
New Orleans Ads aka New Orleans Black PelicansNegro Southern League (1920)
New Orleans–St. Louis StarsNegro American League (1941) – half their home games (other half in St. Louis)
New Orleans Creoles – late 1940s
Location: South Carrollton Avenue (northwest, home plate); Tulane Avenue (northeast, third base / left field); Gravier Street, railroad tracks, canal (southwest, first base / right field); Pierce Street (southeast, center field).
Currently: commercial / retail
City Park Stadium later renamed Tad Gormley Stadium
Home of: New Orleans PelicansSouthern Association (1958–1959) – disbanded after 1959 season
Location: New Orleans City Park – 5400 Stadium Drive (south); Marconi Drive (west); Roosevelt Mall Street (north and east)
Louisiana Superdome – later renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome and now Caesars Superdome
Home of: New Orleans PelicansAmerican Association (1977) – moved from Tulsa Oilers of 1932–1942 and 1946–1976 – disbanded after 1977 season
Location: 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive and Poydras Street (northeast); Lasalle Street (southeast); Stadium Drive and Howard Avenue (southwest); Stadium Drive and US-90 (northwest)

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Pelican Stadium Former stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana

Pelican Stadium, originally known as Heinemann Park (1915–1937), was a sports stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1915 to 1957.

Federal League Park

Federal League Park or just Federal Park is the name of a former baseball park in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The park was home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Federal League in 1914. The park was constructed in 1913 and subsequently demolished in 1916 after the failure of the league.

Athletic Park was a sports stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana which opened in 1901. Some sources say the ballpark was located on the south side of Tulane Avenue between South Carrollton Avenue and South Pierce Street. The Sanborn map from 1908 shows the actual boundaries as Tulane Avenue, Scott Street, the proposed Gravier Street extension, and then railroad tracks and the canal ; and the proposed Pierce Street extension. Carrolton Avenue was a block west of Pierce.

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