Archive for the Sports Facilities Category

Oriole Park

Oriole Park is the name of several former major league and minor league baseball parks in Baltimore, Maryland.
It is also half the name of the current home of the Baltimore Orioles American League, its name is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
The first field specifically called Oriole Park was built in a square block bounded by [...]

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Baltimore, Destinations, Sports Facilities on May 30, 2010 | There are currently 1 Comment

Fed Ex Field

The stadium opened in 1997 as Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, in honor of the recently deceased owner of the team, and the stadium site was known as Raljon. Before the stadium was built, the Wilson Farm was there.
The name “Raljon” is a portmanteau of Jack Kent Cooke’s sons’ first names – “Ralph” and “John.” [...]

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Sports Facilities on February 26, 2010 | There are currently No Comments