Colt Stadium

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Colt Stadium

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Location Houston, Texas

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Opened 1962

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Closed 1964

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Capacity

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33,000

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Owned By

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Harris County

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Architect:

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Dimensions:

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Left

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Left center

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Deep left center

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Center

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Deep right center

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Right center

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Right

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360 ft (110 m)

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395 ft (120 m)

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427 ft (130 m)

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420 ft (128 m)

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427 ft (130 m)

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395 ft (120 m)

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360 ft (110 m)

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Colt Stadium was a Major League baseball stadium that formerly stood in Houston, Texas. It was the home of the Houston Colt .45's. It was their temporary home from 1962-1964 while the Astrodome was being built, just to the south of it. The stadium consisted of an uncovered grandstand stretching from foul pole to foul pole and small bleacher stands in right and left field. One baseball annual published just before the 1962 season referred to it as "a barn-like thing". It is best remembered for the horribly hot and humid weather (and attendant mosquito population) that had necessitated building the first domed stadium.

Related Topics:
Major League - Baseball - Stadium - Houston, Texas - Houston Colt .45's - 1962 - 1964 - Astrodome

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The stadium was abandoned after the Astrodome was completed. It sat abandoned for ten years, accumulating junk and weathering in the blistering Texas sun. It was eventually broken down and moved to Gomez Palacio to serve as the home of a Mexican League baseball team. Its site was paved over, adding some area to the Astrodome parking lot.

Related Topics:
Gomez Palacio - Mexican League

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