Busch Stadium

Home of the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis, MO

Still to visit

Teams

St. Louis Cardinals
MLB · baseball
2006–present

Also known as Busch Stadium III · New Busch Stadium

Stadium facts

Capacity: 44,383; Listed since 2020. The page also shows 43,975 for 2006–2013 and higher figures in the mid-2010s.Source for capacity
Record attendance: 48,581; Largest baseball crowd in the article: 48,581 on August 6, 2022, Cardinals vs. Yankees. A soccer match, Chelsea vs. Manchester City, is listed at 48,263.Source for record attendance
Opened: April 10, 2006; A minor-league exhibition is dated April 4, 2006. Ground broken January 17, 2004.Source for opened
Surface: Bermuda grass; Source for surface
Cost: $365 million; Figure cited from the Cardinals' ballpark facts page.Source for cost

Names and sponsors

Busch Stadium
2006–present
The page lists no earlier name for this 2006 ballpark. Nicknames on the infobox are Busch Stadium III and Baseball Heaven.
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Baseball Heaven
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Timeline

2006
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2006
2009
2011
2022

April 10, 2006

Major-league opening

The current Busch Stadium opened to a minor-league exhibition on April 4, 2006, and to Major League Baseball on April 10. The page says every Cardinals home date sold out in that first season. The season attendance it gives is 3,407,104, then the second-largest total in club history.

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