About Wright Street Grounds
Wright Street Grounds was an MLB stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It opened in 1884 and closed in 1895. Its last recorded capacity was 5,300. Its only tenant was Milwaukee Brewers (MLB, 1884). On our ranked lists it ranks 34th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.
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Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
209 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Milwaukee Brewers While based here: 1 season · 8-4 regular season
MLB · 1884
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MLB | 1884 |
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
What is the capacity of Wright Street Grounds?
The capacity of Wright Street Grounds is 5,300.
When was Wright Street Grounds built?
Wright Street Grounds opened in 1884.
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 3 m of this point).
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Street Grounds | 1895–1903 | 0.6 mi |
| Borchert Field | 1887–1953 | 0.7 mi |
| BMO Harris Bradley Center | 1988–2018 | 1.5 mi |
| Fiserv Forum | 2018– | 1.5 mi |
| UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena | 1950– | 1.6 mi |
| Eclipse Park | 1.9 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.