Blues Stadium

About Blues Stadium

Blues Stadium is a former name of Municipal Stadium, used 1943–1954. Municipal Stadium was an MLB and NFL stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. It opened in 1923, closed in 1972 and was demolished in 1976. It was designed by Osborn Engineering. Its last recorded capacity was 17,476. Tenants included Kansas City Athletics (MLB, 1955–1967), Kansas City Chiefs (NFL, 1963–1971) and Kansas City Royals (MLB, 1969–1972). In all, 3 teams from 2 leagues have called it home. On our ranked lists it ranks 19th for most name changes among 125 venues with 3 or more names, 31st for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams and 165th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as Muehlebach Field (1923–1936) and Ruppert Stadium (1937–1942).

Appears in

• 19th for most name changes among 125 venues with 3 or more names
• 31st for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams
• 165th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
• 8th for most name changes among 71 football stadiums with 3 or more names
• 73rd shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 5th for most name changes among 25 NFL stadiums with 3 or more names
• 31st shortest-lived of 55 NFL stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 79th longest single tenancy (8 years) of the 101 longest on record in NFL stadiums
• 5th for most name changes among 20 MLB stadiums with 3 or more names
• 65th shortest-lived of 83 MLB stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 73rd longest single tenancy (12 years) of the 100 longest on record in MLB stadiums
• 4th shortest-lived of 11 AFL stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

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.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

The site today

• The site is now home to Monarch Manor, a residential development.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

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

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

• Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
• OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
• VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
• Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 36 m of this point), Architect and operator.
• Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.