About Olympic Park (I)
Olympic Park (I) was an MLB stadium in Buffalo, New York. It opened in 1884 and closed in 1889. Its only tenant was Buffalo Bisons (MLB, 1884–1885). On our ranked lists it ranks 12th 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
193 m above 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Buffalo Bisons While based here: 2 seasons · 101-121-5 regular season
MLB · 1884–1885
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MLB | 1884–1885 |
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 Olympic Park (I) built?
Olympic Park (I) opened in 1884.
Where did the Buffalo Bisons play before Olympic Park (I)?
Before moving to Olympic Park (I) in 1884, the Buffalo Bisons played at Riverside Park from 1879 to 1883.
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 79 m of this point).
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Riverside Park | 1878–1884 | 0.6 mi |
| Offermann Stadium | 1924–1960 | 1.2 mi |
| Olympic Park II | 1890– | 1.2 mi |
| War Memorial Stadium | 1937–1989 | 1.2 mi |
| Demske Sports Complex | 1989– | 1.7 mi |
| Sahlen Field | 1988– | 1.7 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.