The Stadiums of St. Louis!

[@gregsells8549]

Enterprise Center was built on the site of the old Kiel Auditorium, and in fact was originally called Kiel Center. The auditorium was attached to the opera house, and both shared the same stage. Kiel was home to the NBA's St. Louis Hawks until they moved to Atlanta, as well as the Billiken basketball team for many years. Enterprise Center replaced the St. Louis Arena (called the Checkerdome for a few years when Ralston Purina owned the building and the Blues).

[@RumPool]

This has always been the Channel I relax to. You have no idea how happy this makes me to see my home city represented! This has finally come full circle for me. Don't ever change your style or this channel up. It is my favorite and i have no idea how I stumbled across it, yet I am so happy I did. Thanks for your work.

[@highjack420]

Battlehawks mentioned!!🔥🔥

[@brian9670]

KA KAW!!!

[@highjack420]

@@brian9670 its the law

[@manny96p]

You forgot about Francis Olympic Field. I know it's capacity is very small, has 3,300 seats, but this stadium has something that no other stadium in the city nor the overwhelming majority of stadiums in the world had the honor of hosting. They hosted the 1904 Summer Olympics. You have made exceptions on some venues who don't qualify for the capacity limit before when it's important to mention, this should have been one of them in my opinion.

[@TheMrtgamer]

He missed all of Washington University, Lindenwood University in St Charles, Maryville University, Gateway Grizzlies...

[@MB-xq9hu]

St. Louis Arch = Gateway to the west. As the country started expanding westward many years ago. Symbolic more than anything.

[@archstanton6102]

Went up the Arch in summer 2022, as well as a Cardinals game. Nice city.

[@ThatCodeBlue]

Having grown up in the city of St. Louis, I know all about the only city with a monument to the people leaving town.

[@Compucles]

@@ThatCodeBlue You mean like the Browns, the Hawks, the NFL Cardinals, and the Rams? Just kidding, St. Louis is still a great sports town despite all those losses.

[@TheCrazyCloon]

​@@ThatCodeBlue That's such an odd and negative way to frame it

[@Dotteboy816]

Even though the west starts some miles after Topeka , KS, but whatever

[@RealHeyMark]

I will never figure out why Missouri's tourism slogan isn't "Missouri loves company."

[@stephenhill273]

Hell yeah, all my homies love St. Louis

[@jonjanson2]

My home city! I live in suburbs of STL. I am very excited to watch this!

[@firebird200]

Same here

[@rikjones9725]

What high school did you go to?

[@jonjanson2]

@@rikjones9725 parkway West high school.

[@SharpeRacing]

One other thing to note is that, at the time I’m writing this, World Wide Technology Raceway is the only NASCAR/Indycar oval that has a karting track inside of it. You can see it at the 7:58 mark by the red roofing and red barriers just inside the area of Turns 1 & 2. The kart track is called Gateway Kartplex and I have been racing there for the past three years. First off in their iDrive rental kart series. Then moving up to 4-cycle race karts last year. You can absolutely race karts there whenever Indycar and Formula Drift are in town. However, they have to tear down the track whenever NASCAR is in town. So many haulers and not enough space makes it difficult to keep the track running when they’re in town. But once NASCAR’s visit is done, the kart track gets rebuilt and is ready for karting action once again. At this point in my life, Gateway Kartplex and World Wide Technology Raceway is my racing home. And I a hope it can stay that way for as long as it can.

[@firebird200]

My city finally! I can’t wait for this

[@ionkid72]

I live less than 2 min by foot away from Car Sheild field, was not expecting it to get any representation here but was pleasantly surprised. I grew up watching the River City Rascals play. Core memories were made at those events.

[@pbcoop62]

You left out the Lindenwood University football stadium, which is in the same city as the Family Arena.

[@StLouis-yu9iz]

Great video, you did a really good job covering the sporting venues here in the Lou. Although, one of the more notable ones you missed is for Washington University. Their football field was used in the 1904 Olympics and World's Fair.

[@backwoodstuffedcrust8278]

I appreciate the host he’s witty and funny

[@GloriaGrothe]

1:16 We need National Car Rental Field for the UFL’s Battlehawks, a new Saint Louis NFL team and a new Mound City(St Louis) MLR team

[@terranatura4443]

Let’s hear it for mound city

[@gloriavargas3524]

Go Mound City

[@Am-Not-Jarvis]

I have an idea for a video that might be a little different. Showing off where every NFL quarterback went to high school. It would be kind of neat to see which guys played in fancy versus not-so-fancy high schools and to see who came from cities or from rural areas.

[@adyadhuler3468]

I wish Francis Olympics Field was included despite being small. While cities around the world can only hope to host the Olympics one day, St. Louis claimed that more than a century ago. It has accomplished something that cities like NY, Chicago, Dallas, etc can only hope to in the near future. Even as they deride St. Louis as a stagnant city, they wish they had this piece of history. Stay proud.

[@dreamcage1801]

An NBA team could possibly come to STL in the near future.

[@xd_Jam]

Never expect this! Awesome

[@javiojeda521]

What made you leave out certain stadiums? I know you can’t do every stadium in every city, but there were some noteworthy ones you left out. Such as Grizzlie Park, First Community Arena, and Ralph E. Korte Stadium. I’m pretty biased since those last two are on the campus of my university lol.

[@tdubmusketeer]

1:31 fun fact: the seat color is red because when it was designed, the New England patriots were going to move to STL. They eventually got a stadium in nearby Foxboro

[@kwamz28]

Since the European League of Football is coming back you should do another one of those but with all the new stadiums for this season

[@tremarq787]

Let’s go finally my city

[@Hogtownboy1]

You missed a chance at a joke. I like the car rental stream but you could have said “ you should take caution when …. (Avis is french for caution)

[@scottydude456]

I work part time at the Stifel Theater and man, is it a beauty! (Btw it’s pronounced “Stee-ful”)

[@AdamLaMore]

If you're going to include racetracks, I-55 Raceway is a 1/3 mile dirt oval in the southern suburb of Pevely, has a capacity of 7,000, and has hosted a few nationally-televised events. And as others have mentioned, Francis Field at WU deserved an honorable mention as a former Olympic venue (along with its adjacent Francis Gymnasium).

[@TheMrtgamer]

WWTR info is wrong here... Track opened in 1997, you have the 1985 confused with the closing of a road course that existed somewhere near that location

[@manuelgrothe608]

0:14 and 5:25 St. Louis needs a WNBA team at Enterprise Center and a new NBA team at Family Arena

[@GloriaGrothe]

Mound City needs sports

[@GloriaGrothe]

5:25 let’s not forget Family Arena

[@manny96p]

It should be the other way around.

[@Compucles]

St. Louis isn't really a basketball city. We lost the Hawks in the first place due to being unable to support all 4 major North American sports.

[@gloriavargas3524]

Vamos Missouri, San Louis

[@rushijaradi810]

Can you do Stadiums of Orlando next?

[@TheWideWorldofStadiums]

It's in the works.

[@cmbox1184]

Lmao I think I was at that globe trotters game

[@CGAWFA]

How about the stadiums of Boston. 3 venues over 100 years iold and still in use.

[@noahanthonybrault2300]

Do Baltimore next

[@larscederberg8564]

Gateway to all the stadiums and arenas

[@Buckets676]

Memphis next

[@neilwhitaker6284]

Missouri bros! Please tell me what a Biliken is? Not great stadiums today but my favourite is Busch Stadium that was is good and City Park is not bad.

[@marrymejohn]

It is a mythical creature that appeared to a local 19th century designer in a dream(I shit you not)

[@neilwhitaker6284]

@@marrymejohn wow OK thank you. I never would have guessed that.

[@CarlosVazquez-p4c]

Bring back NFL to Saint Louis 🙏!!

[@RyZGuy53]

LEEETS GOOOO SSTTLL

[@amb96cool96]

fun fact the dome is now making more money for the city with the rams gone

[@TheDockHawkChannel]

Chicago, anyone??? Milwaukee???? No. Just me. Ok.

[@GloriaGrothe]

Creamery Brewing City and Windy City

[@TheDockHawkChannel]

Exactly! They both have great stadiums in their cities and suburbs.

[@curtis0729]

STL Secret: The Arch controls the weather. Just don't tell anyone

[@jamesthemaniac3293]

Boston and Indiana high school gyms please

[@blueshky]

Don't forget Centene Ice Center, which is the rink of our NCAA D1 hockey team, Lindenwood University.

[@fyrf0x8910]

holy w

[@verdiguy]

Always at a loss to explain how St. Louis has managed to lose TWO football teams over the years, the Cardinals and the Rams, while hockey and baseball continue to thrive there. The Cardinals from been around since 1892 and the Blues since 1967. If anyone from St. Louis sees this, I'd be interested in getting your point of view. Fun Fact: The Gateway Arch was designed by architect Eero Saarinen, who also did Ingalls Rink a.k.a. the Whale at Yale University that has also featured on this website in the past.

[@StlOzzie62]

I live in St Louis and if I remember correctly, they lost the Cardinals to Arizona because St Louis wouldn't build a new stadium for them (they were currently playing in the baseball stadium at the time). They lost the Rams because of "stadium issues" but the real reason is that ownership was already planning on moving the team to LA anyways. The dome does need improvements besides the planned turf replacement. The Enterprise center got a huge makeover a couple of years ago and the building looks a lot better.

[@verdiguy]

@@StlOzzie62 Thanks, I thought stadium issues might have been the problem. We watch lots of hockey on TV and have seen a few Blues games during the course of the season and yes, the Enterprise looks pretty good these days.

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

Any reminder that St Louis has no NFL team triggers my PTSD.

[@kirkda1]

Stifel... STEE FILL

[@christianchellis9057]

The Stadia*** of St. Louis

[@jon08g]

How are you going to make a video and state something without knowing the actual fact?

[@Hogtownboy1]

Rams did not move west they return to their true home

[@BrysonJackstadt]

Booooo Webster I live in Kirkwood

[@RyZGuy53]

Our football stadium is a beeping pile of garbage

[@BigandDurable]

Grizzlies Ballpark in Sauget, IL also has a view of the Gateway Arch, just a little further away.

[@shawnwerner4635]

I was coming say this

[@jamespyle777]

I know it might be too small but Francis Field on the Washington University campus where they play football hosted the 1904 Olympics.

[@vitameat]

Only 4000, but nicely redone in the early 80s. Wash U's Field House was also overlooked. It held Presidental debates, and occasional NBA games from 1955-68 featuring the St. Louis Hawks in the NBA.

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

5:00 The Arch is a monument to Westward expansion of the country. There's a museum of westward expansion under the Arch

[@manuelgrothe608]

6:14 we need an NWSL team in St. Louis

[@GloriaGrothe]

Oli! Let’s play Soccer ⚽️!!!!!

[@terranatura4443]

Let’s play football ⚽️

[@shsav2012]

Question some of your stadium choices here specifically one that you completely ignored. Believe it’s called Fawcett Field for Washington University, which is closer into town and family Arena. And that stadium hosted the 1904 Olympics.

[@fyrf0x8910]

I don't think it meets the capacity limit tbf

[@elicarlson7682]

6:50 I took that picture!!!

[@jerrykotzman4391]

You missed Francis Olympic Field , home of Washington University football and the 1904 Olympics.

[@TemporalShrewm]

Stifel is actually pronounced steeful. I know it's stupid.

[@jayryan1018]

The dome is actually more beneficial post rams.

[@Tottnahmfan]

Pittsburgh next please 🙏 f🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@GloriaGrothe]

Please have faith for the Pittsburgh Maulers in the United Football League season

[@connorfitzgerald7365]

We also have centene community ice which is the blues practice facility but there have been many college and other games hosted there

[@MissingLinx]

You forgot to mention the ferris wheel across CityPark.

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Why are pro indoor soccer teams named after concepts instead of like animals and that

[@Powerslamwres]

You should to South Carolina Columbia stadiums

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

the gateway to the west with some alright stadiums.

[@RJsModernLife]

Atlanta next please!

[@MB-xq9hu]

No better fans than St. Louis baseball fans in the entire country, educated, dedicated and they play the right way, and cherish the right things. If you look at the history of St. Louis you would realize it could have become the NYC, that NYC became. Big city, old city, lots of culture, and a great great Baseball/Soccer town. Great video as always! 👏

[@nickcopeland8076]

Yeah you’re delusional😭😭😭

[@Bariwon1]

Nah, STL baseball fans are jerks, especially AFTER losing to the Cubs at Busch

[@keithevans78]

As a lifelong resident of St.Louis, this is and always has been nonsense propaganda

[@TickleMeChelmno]

A few corrections: that minor league stadium is actually far away in suburbia, as is that minor league soccer park. It’s actually hidden underneath a highway in a small town half of my family moved to from north St. Louis, where all the stadiums used to be located before….demographic change.