War Memorial Stadium Building, Buffalo

  • Original Name: Roesch Memorial Stadium

  • Address: 1100 Jefferson Ave
  • Vicinity: Dodge St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Old Rockpile

War Memorial Stadium was the former home to the Buffalo Bisons baseball team and, two, Buffalo Bills football teams. Most of the old stadium was demolished, but the northeast and southeast entrance remains. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1937/00/00 Roesch Memorial Stadium is built on the grounds of an old reservoir between 1935 and 1937 as a New Deal relief project.
1946/00/00 The Buffalo Bisons of the All-America Football Conference play at Civic Stadium from 1946 to 1949.
1972/12/10 The American Football League Buffalo Bills begin their last game at the Rockpile. The Bills will begin their next season at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.
1979/00/00 The Buffalo Bisons professional Minor League Baseball team use War Memorial Stadium.
1983/09/00 Barry Levinson films NY Knights baseball stadium scenes for the "The Natural" at Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium. Mostly razed in 1988, nothing remains that was used in The Natural. The Natural
1988/00/00 The Buffalo Bisons leave the Rockpile to Pilot Field and War Memorial Stadium mostly razed and replaced by a youth athletic field. Tow of its entrances survive.

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