Left – 330 ft (100 m) Left Center – 377 ft (115 m) Center – 411 ft (125 m) Right Center – 377 ft (115 m) Right – 330 ft (100 m) Backstop – 60 ft (18 m)
Surface
Grass
Construction
Broke ground
December 10, 1935
Built
1935–1937
Opened
April 23, 1937
Renovated
1970
Closed
1978
Demolished
1985
Construction cost
$1.5 million ($132 million in 2023 dollars[1])
Architect
Christian H. Ziegler
Tenants
Brooklyn Dodgers (MLB) (1956–1957, 15 games) Jersey City Giants (IL) (1937–1950) Jersey City Giants (AA) (1938–1950) Jersey City Jerseys (IL) (1960–1961) Jersey City State College (NCAA) (1966–1976) Jersey Jays (ACFL) (1970) Jersey City Indians (EL) (1977) Jersey City A's (EL) (1978)
General mapBaseball game at Roosevelt Stadium circa 1940.
Roosevelt Stadium was a baseball stadium at Droyer's Point in Jersey City, New Jersey. It opened on April 23, 1937 and was the home of the Jersey City Giants of the International League, the Triple-A farm team of the New York Giants, from 1937 to 1950 and later hosted other high-minor league baseball teams. It also hosted 15 Major League Baseball home games for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1956 to 1957, plus championship boxing matches, top-name musical acts, an annual championship drum and bugle corps competition known as "The Dream" (1946–1983), professional wrestling matches, important regional high school football games, college football games, minor league football games, soccer matches and even NASCAR races. The stadium was demolished in 1985 and replaced by the Society Hill housing development.
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