All Sports Stadium

All Sports Stadium

Location	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Operator	Oklahoma State Fair Park
Capacity	15,000
Surface	Natural grass
Construction
Opened	1961
Closed	1997
Demolished	2005
Tenants
Oklahoma City 89ers (AA) (1962–1997)

All Sports Stadium was a stadium located at the State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It had a capacity of 15,000 people and opened in 1961. It was named for the All-Sports Association, a nonprofit charged to recruit amateur and collegiate events to the city.

History

While it was primarily used for baseball and was the home of Oklahoma City 89ers, it was also a popular outdoor concert venue in Oklahoma City. The 89ers baseball team was renamed to Oklahoma RedHawks and moved to AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in 1998. The stadium also hosted various college baseball events, such as Bedlam Baseball between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University and the Big Eight Conference baseball tournament for more than twenty years.[1]

The stadium was closed in 1997 and demolished in 2005.[2]

Concerts

A popular concert venue dating back to the 1970s, All Sports Stadium hosted a number of bands and musical festivals over the years. Here is a compilation of music events that occurred at the stadium over the years:

1984

• July 12 - Beach Boys[3]

1985

• June 25 - Beach Boys[4]
• August 13 - Jimmy Buffett[5]

1986

• June 9 - Beach Boys[6]

1991

• May 12 - Beach Boys[7]

1998

• July 1 - Lilith Fair, with Sarah McLachlan,[8] Natalie Merchant[9] and Sinéad O'Connor[10]
• July 15 - The Smashing Pumpkins[11] September 6 - Seven Mary Three[12]

1999

• May 29 - Sammy Hagar and the Wabos[13]
• August 22 - Mötley Crüe, with opening acts Scorpions and Laidlaw[14]

2000

• June 2 - Stone Temple Pilots[15]
• July 7 - Poison, Cinderella, Dokken and Slaughter[16]

References

1. "OKC hosts Big 12 baseball tournament this week".
2. O’Reilly, Charles (August 1, 2005). "All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City, Okla". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
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5. "Tim Schmit Page". Angelfire. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
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8. "Sarah McLachlan Setlist at All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City". setlist.fm.
9. "Natalie Merchant: Past Concert Tour Dates & Appearances Archive".
10. "www.sinead-oconnor.com". www.sinead-oconnor.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
11. "Siva - Fan Concert Reviews - Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin Complex". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
12. "Seven Mary Three - Tour History". Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
13. "1999-05-29 @ All Sports Stadium | Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker)".
14. "Mötley Crüe".
15. "Below Empty | Stone Temple Pilots".
16. "Poison Tour Dates". Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2011.

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