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Silver Stadium - demolished industrial park built on the site Rochester War Memorial - still standing

Silver stadium was the longtime home to the Rochester Red Wings of the International league. It was also known as Red Wing stadium. From 1960 till 2002, they were the Triple A team for the Baltimore Orioles.

Many Oriole and Cardinal greats played at Silver stadium. Most notably, Cal Ripken, Jr., Boog Powell, Red Shoendienst, Stan Musial, Bobby Grich, Earl Weaver, all played or managed here.

Silver stadium was located at 500 Norton St. in Rochester, New York. Near the end of its life as a stadium, the area surrounding it had deteriorated.

Silver stadium opened in 1929 and closed on August 30, 1996. It was a very cozy park with great site lines. But the need for a newer facility led to her doom. The Red Wings moved into Frontier field in 1997. Red Wing stadium was torn down in the winter of 1997. An industrial park sits on the site today.

The stadium was named after Morrie Silver, a Rochester businessman who spearheaded an effort to purchase both then-Red Wing Stadium and the Red Wings from the Wings' major league affiliate, the St. Louis Cardinals in 1956.


Rochester War memorial is an arena in Rochester that housed the Rochester Royals of the NBA. The Royals played in the small arena from 1955 thru 1957, when they moved to Cincinnati. Now the franchise is located in Sacramento and is the Sacramento Kings.

In 1998 the building was renamed the blue cross arena. The main tenant for the building has been the American hockey league's Rochester Americans. They have played at the arena since 1956. The building was opened on October 18, 1955. It still stands today at 100 Exchange Blvd. in downtown Rochester.