The New Busch Stadium in St Louis, MO replaced a tired multi-purpose, mid 1960s round "cookie cutter" stadium. In designing the new ball park, opened for the NL Cardinals baseball season in 2006, many cues were borrowed from Baltimore's Camden Yards. City location (with views of the Arch), use of red brick & retro architecture, field asymmetry, and throwback graphics & logos were also incorporated. One of my fondest memories of a visit to Camden Yards in the mid 90's was the reaction to a comment i made when first walking in. I said out loud to my buddies, "Wow, what a great stadium!"'. A Camden Yards usher overheard me and commented "It aint' a stadium pal, it's a ball park" LOL.
@BibenRibeynibolds3 ай бұрын
I watched a world series game in STL's multi-purpose bowl. It was ugly. Glad you got a new one.
@baxter65047 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation!!! 👍🏿
@baltimoreheritage10067 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@robertewalt77897 ай бұрын
I went to many games at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, one of the worst, and several at Camden Yards, the first new/ old style stadium. An amazing upgrade.
@db38947 ай бұрын
A very enjoyable watch! Thanks!
@baltimoreheritage10066 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@lookzcpf5 ай бұрын
Camden Yards is one of the architectural wonders of the city. It’s impeccable how it seamlessly merge into downtown, making “walk to the stadium” an experience not only possible but also very pleasant. Not to mention the great job they’ve done in hiding the parking spots from immediate sight from the most attractive part of town - Inner Harbor. Love it!
@Mbarnstein628916 ай бұрын
The ballpark that changed baseball forever and still does.
@willardroad7 ай бұрын
Ok, now I want that shirt! Thanks for this historical insight on opening day. Good job.
@baltimoreheritage10067 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@spacecadet22266 ай бұрын
What a wonderful video. Thank you!
@arleneweiss31997 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, really enjoyed this! Such great history behind this!
@baltimoreheritage10067 ай бұрын
Appreciate you watching and commenting, Arlene!
@dalemettee114727 күн бұрын
Johns, I have a personal connection to this location. In 1964, I left for basic training from Camden Yards on a train bound for South Carolina.
@sk8sn0surf7 ай бұрын
Well Done! I opened up Camden Yards in my early 20's - there was a private - members only club/restaurant called The Camden Club on the 7th and 8th floor of the warehouse. It was a great experience as a huge baseball nerd and even bigger Orioles fan! I really hope that we can keep the name - I cant imagine calling it anything other than OPaCY!
@baltimoreheritage10067 ай бұрын
So cool!
@helensgirl72467 ай бұрын
How fun was that!!!!!
@sbboy3336 ай бұрын
So thankful to visit Camden with my late father, a Yanks fan, who passed unexpectedly in a natural disaster. Thank you Baltimore Orioles for bucking the multi-use stadium trend and keeping stadiums in the city center.
@bentleyjames46176 ай бұрын
That was very nice and very informative. Loved it. I’m glad this channel popped up.
@baltimoreheritage10066 ай бұрын
Thanks for joining us!
@brucemihalick41176 ай бұрын
Thank you, John's Hopkins, for another great video. It was just a coincidence that I moved to Baltimore in April of 92. Just to see the opening of the best ballpark in baseball. Go O's 🧡
@johncole2736 ай бұрын
Let's go O's
@EdwinYuen7 ай бұрын
This was a great video. I went to Johns Hopkins right at the last year of Memorial Stadium. I went to seven of the last games because we could get in for $4 and walk the entire stadium. I got hooked on to baseball then. I was able to go to Camden Yard for many of the early games during the opening season, before the Orioles started getting good that year and then place was sold out pretty much every game soon after. Camden Yards was such an upgrade over Memorial Stadium but I still have great memories of Memorial Stadium when the CFL Colts played their and I went to many a game, buying concessions from all the neighbors around the stadium.
@CheeseCurdCommunism7 ай бұрын
Bucket list is to go to every Baseball Stadium. Lucky that Camden is in my back yard. Not many stadiums ive been to hold a candle to it.
@maxB22627 ай бұрын
cant fathom they originally wanted to rid of the warehouse
@baltimoreheritage10067 ай бұрын
Cool! How many have you been to?
@CheeseCurdCommunism7 ай бұрын
@@baltimoreheritage1006just 11 of the current 30. I gotta get to the midwest.
@baltimoreheritage10066 ай бұрын
@@CheeseCurdCommunism Cool!
@nclarke3724 ай бұрын
I grew up in Baltimore County near Ft Howard. I have been an Os fan since 1966 I was 11 years old. I retired out of the Navy in 2000 here in the Norfolk Va area. I regularly go to Norfolk Tides game, they are the Orioles AAA team. It is my understanding that the tides park was designed by the same people that did Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It dose remind me of Camden yards. Check out the photos on line, and tell me if you will agree.
@jojofreelancer12106 ай бұрын
informative I've often wondered on this topic as I was but a teen when it opened
@sorenmpeterson6 ай бұрын
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is simply beautiful. It’s my favorite ballpark (despite that my primary allegiances are with the Red Sox and Cubs).
@GrenadeMan90007 ай бұрын
William Donald Schaefer also was the biggest supporter of bringing the NFL back to the city, if it wasn't for him Baltimore may not have the Baltimore Ravens
@gregbaranoski11807 ай бұрын
Well done, Johns! The image at 4:40 is reversed, just to let you know!
@baltimoreheritage10067 ай бұрын
Thanks Greg!
@BigTrump246 ай бұрын
No one cares Greg go lay down
@JStorm136 ай бұрын
You have a convenient name for the city you are in. 😆 I think target field took some cues from this stadium too.
@wwashington812 ай бұрын
They also shot part of Major League 2 in Oriole Park before the first season started. #IWasThere
@graymanmedia6 ай бұрын
There was several Oriole Parks in the 1900s.Two to be precise before the one in Camden Yards.
@baltimoreheritage10066 ай бұрын
Yes, we have a video on that too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/moKyc4euod6ZmNk
@rosalynarrington68187 ай бұрын
??? ( What is the Ashburton house Famous for ?? ) 🧐🤔🤔 Thank you so much!!! I think it's on Ashburton Street
@wilshade7 ай бұрын
Bittersweet. First Opening Day since Brooks passed away.
@PizzaShrimp7 ай бұрын
Thank god i could get season tickets since Angelo’s sold!
@thegamingkitchen84294 ай бұрын
Can you please do a memorial stadium one?
@Slideyslide6 ай бұрын
Will you do a video on Howard Street? The history of its past and why it’s no longer the heart of the city.
@baltimoreheritage10066 ай бұрын
Thats a great idea--we will add it to our list.
@RonLPitts6 ай бұрын
5 minute history that is 8 minutes and 27 seconds long
@mrb2393 ай бұрын
dont know how the Orioles approved this ballpark dimensions... its weird when players are out of position....
@frenchietowerswevo27106 ай бұрын
they had to beg to get there stadium built. we used to read all about it in the post.