Midway Stadium

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title: "Midway Stadium" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["baseball-venues-in-minnesota", "sports-venues-demolished-in-1981", "defunct-baseball-venues-in-the-united-states", "minor-league-baseball-venues", "sports-venues-in-saint-paul,-minnesota", "1981-disestablishments-in-minnesota", "1982-establishments-in-minnesota", "2015-disestablishments-in-minnesota", "sports-venues-completed-in-1982", "sports-venues-demolished-in-2015", "demolished-sports-venues-in-minnesota", "american-association-(1902–1997)-ballparks"] description: "Former baseball park in Saint Paul, Minnesota" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Stadium" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former baseball park in Saint Paul, Minnesota ::

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Field	Value
name	Midway Stadium
image	Midway Stadium.JPG
location	1771 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
opened	September 1982
demolished	June 2015
owner	City of St. Paul
operator	St. Paul Parks and Recreation
construction_cost	$3 million USD
former_names	Municipal Stadium (1982–1993)
tenants	Hamline University (MIAC) (1982–2014)
St. Paul Saints (NoL/AA) (1993–2014)
seating_capacity	2,100 (1982–1993)
5,000 (1993–1995)
6,069 (1995–2014)
dimensions	Left Field: 320 ft
Center Field: 400 ft
Right Field: 320 ft
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| name = Midway Stadium | image = Midway Stadium.JPG | location = 1771 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 | broke_ground = | opened = September 1982 | closed = | demolished = June 2015 | owner = City of St. Paul | operator = St. Paul Parks and Recreation | construction_cost = $3 million USD | architect = | former_names = Municipal Stadium (1982–1993) | tenants = Hamline University (MIAC) (1982–2014) St. Paul Saints (NoL/AA) (1993–2014) | seating_capacity = 2,100 (1982–1993) 5,000 (1993–1995) 6,069 (1995–2014) | dimensions = Left Field: 320 ft Center Field: 400 ft Right Field: 320 ft Midway Stadium was the name of two different minor league baseball parks in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, both now demolished. The name derived from the location of the stadium in Saint Paul's Midway area, so named because it is roughly halfway between the downtowns of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

First stadium

The first Midway Stadium was the home of the St. Paul Saints of the American Association from 1957–1960. It was located at 1000 North Snelling Avenue, on the east side of that street. It was built with just a small uncovered and presumably expandable grandstand. It was intended to compete with Metropolitan Stadium for attracting a major league baseball team, but the already-larger capacity of "The Met" doomed Midway Stadium. It was abandoned for professional baseball once the Twins arrived in 1961 and displaced both the Saints and the Minneapolis Millers. It was used for by the Minnesota Norsemen professional softball team of the American Professional Slow Pitch Softball League (APSPL) for their 1977-1979 seasons. It was also used as a Minnesota Vikings practice field for the next 20 years, and finally demolished in 1981 to make way for the Energy Park. That development, with all new streets and various buildings, rubbed out any trace of the ballpark's existence.

Second stadium

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The second Midway Stadium was built in 1982 at roughly half the size of its namesake. It was located at 1771 Energy Park Drive. It was on the north side of the road, just west of Snelling, complemented by the Burlington Northern tracks to the north just beyond left field. Thus, it was about a mile west of the first Midway Stadium site. The ballpark started out in life as Municipal Stadium. It was home of Hamline University's baseball team. Despite its baseball configurations, some small private schools in St. Paul played football games at Midway in the fall. When Mike Veeck and Bill Murray revived the Saints and also the independent Northern League in 1993, they set up shop there, at the soon-rechristened Midway Stadium. Midway Stadium was also used, occasionally, for rock concerts and other events. In April 2014 it was announced that pioneering alternative rock band The Replacements would hold a hometown reunion concert at the venue on September 13, 2014.

The Saints' slogan is "Fun Is Good" and Mike Veeck has proudly declared that Midway Stadium is "The ugliest ballpark in America!" Mike's late father, Bill Veeck, Jr. is a well-known baseball owner and counts one of his accomplishments as planting the ivy at Wrigley Field.

2014 was the final season for both Hamline and the Saints at Midway Stadium. Both teams moved into the new ballpark CHS Field in time for the 2015 season. Midway Stadium was torn down in 2015. The 12-acre site will be used for an office or warehouse development, which is in line with the industrial area that surrounds the stadium.

Dimensions

Midway Stadium (I)

• Seating capacity – 10,250
• Left Field – 321 ft.
• Left Center Field – 379 ft.
• Center Field – 410 ft.
• Right Center Field – 379 ft.
• Right Field – 321 ft.

Midway Stadium (II)

• Seating capacity – 6,069
• Left Field – 320 ft.
• Center Field – 400 ft.
• Right Field – 320 ft.

References

References

1. Melo, Frederick. (June 24, 2014). "Office-warehouse likely to occupy Midway Stadium after its demolition". Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
2. (24 February 2016). "New construction at former Midway stadium site starting soon". Pioneer Press.
3. (21 November 2012). "1977-1979 Minnesota Goofy's & Minnesota Norsemen".
4. "The Unique Story of the 1977–79 Minnesota Goofy's/Norsemen Softball Team {{!".
5. (24 April 2014). "The Replacements To Play Midway Stadium In St. Paul". WCCO – CBS News.
6. Rupar, Aaron. "Midway Stadium documentary captures storied ballpark's twilight". Citypages.com.
7. Brewster, Mike. "Bill Veeck: A Baseball Mastermind". BusinessWeek.

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