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Colt Stadium
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Opened | 1962 |
| Closed | 1964 |
| Capacity |
33,000 |
| Owned By |
Harris County |
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Architect: |
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Dimensions:
Left
Left center
Deep left center
Center
Deep right center
Right center
Right
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360 ft (110 m)
395 ft (120 m)
427 ft (130 m)
420 ft (128 m)
427 ft (130 m)
395 ft (120 m)
360 ft (110 m)
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Colt Stadium was a
Major League baseball stadium that formerly stood in
Houston, Texas. It was the home of the
Houston Colt .45's. It was their temporary home from
1962-
1964 while the
Astrodome was being built, just to the south of it. The stadium consisted of an uncovered grandstand stretching from foul pole to foul pole and small bleacher stands in right and left field. One baseball annual published just before the 1962 season referred to it as "a barn-like thing". It is best remembered for the horribly hot and humid weather (and attendant mosquito population) that had necessitated building the first domed stadium.
The stadium was abandoned after the Astrodome was completed. It sat abandoned for ten years, accumulating junk and weathering in the blistering Texas sun. It was eventually broken down and moved to Gomez Palacio to serve as the home of a Mexican League baseball team. Its site was paved over, adding some area to the Astrodome parking lot.
Image:Colt Stadium junkyard.jpg
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