This is a list of venues used for professional baseball in New Orleans, Louisiana. The information is a compilation of the information contained in the references listed.
Crescent City Base Ball Park or Sportsman's Park
Home of:
:New Orleans Pelicans â Southern League (1887âÂÂmid-1888) league disbanded â club transferred to Texas League mid-1888 â it also failed
:New Orleans Pelicans â Southern League (1889) disbanded after season
:New Orleans Pelicans â Southern League (1892âÂÂ1896) disbanded after season
:New Orleans Pelicans â Southern League (1898âÂÂ1899) disbanded after 1899
Location: New Basin Canal (now covered by Pontchartrain Expressway aka Interstate-10); across from Greenwood Cemetery; Metairie Road / City Park Avenue. Contemporary city directories give the location as "New Basin Canal and South Metairie Rd"
Athletic Park
Home of: New Orleans Pelicans â Southern Association (1901âÂÂ1907)
Location: Tulane Avenue (northeast, right field); South Pierce Street (northwest, left field); Scott Street (southeast, first base); New Basin Canal (southwest, third base) - across Pierce from later Pelican Stadium site
Pelican Park
Home of:
:New Orleans Pelicans â Southern Association (1908âÂÂ1914)
:New Orleans Little Pels - Cotton States League (1912) moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi after a few weeks
Location: South Carrollton Avenue (northwest, home plate); Palmyra Street (northeast, left field); Pierce Street (southeast, center field); Banks Street (southwest, right field)
Currently: commercial businesses
Pelican Stadium originally Heinemann Park (1915âÂÂ1937)
Home of:
:New Orleans Pelicans â Southern Association (1915âÂÂ1957)
:New Orleans Ads aka New Orleans Black Pelicans â Negro Southern League (1920)
:New OrleansâÂÂSt. Louis Stars â Negro American League (1941) â half their home games (other half in St. Louis)
:New Orleans Creoles â late 1940s
Location: South Carrollton Avenue (northwest, home plate); Tulane Avenue (northeast, third base / left field); Gravier Street, railroad tracks, canal (southwest, first base / right field); Pierce Street (southeast, center field).
Currently: commercial / retail
City Park Stadium later renamed Tad Gormley Stadium
Home of: New Orleans Pelicans â Southern Association (1958âÂÂ1959) â disbanded after 1959 season
Location: New Orleans City Park â 5400 Stadium Drive (south); Marconi Drive (west); Roosevelt Mall Street (north and east)
Louisiana Superdome â later renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome and now Caesars Superdome
Home of: New Orleans Pelicans â American Association (1977) â moved from Tulsa Oilers of 1932âÂÂ1942 and 1946âÂÂ1976 â disbanded after 1977 season
Location: 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive and Poydras Street (northeast); Lasalle Street (southeast); Stadium Drive and Howard Avenue (southwest); Stadium Drive and US-90 (northwest)
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