About Athletic Park
Athletic Park was a College Football stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It opened in 1901 and closed in 1908. Its only tenant was Tulane Green Wave (College Football, 1902–1908). On our ranked lists it ranks 20th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.
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Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
At sea level
Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Tulane Green Wave While based here: 6 seasons · 15-14-3 regular season
College Football · 1902–1908
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1902–1908 · Major College
|
College Football | 1902–1908 |
Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Athletic Park built?
Athletic Park opened in 1901.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Crescent City Base Ball Park | 1886– | 1.3 mi |
| Tad Gormley Stadium | 1937– | 1.5 mi |
| Benson Field at Yulman Stadium | 2014– | 1.8 mi |
| Caesars Superdome | 1975– | 1.8 mi |
| Tulane Stadium | 1926–1979 | 1.9 mi |
| Smoothie King Center | 1999– | 2.0 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.