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in dollars) | architect = Osborn Engineering | former_names = Muehlebach Field (1923–1937) Ruppert Stadium (1937–1943) Blues Stadium (1943–1954) | tenants = Kansas City Blues (A.A.) (1923–1954) Kansas City Monarchs (NNL and NAL) (1923–1931, 1937–1954) Kansas City Blues / Cowboys (NFL) (1924–1926) Kansas City Athletics (MLB) (1955–1967) Kansas City Chiefs (AFL / NFL) (1963–1971) Kansas City Spurs (NASL) (1968–1970) Kansas City Royals (MLB) (1969–1972) | seating_capacity = 17,476 (1923-1955) 30,296 (1955-1961) 34,165 (1961-1969) 34,164 (1969-1971) 35,561 (1971-1972) | dimensions = ''1923'' Left Field Center Field Right Field ''1972'' Left Field Left Center Center Field Right Center Right Field }} Kansas City Municipal Stadium was an American baseball and football stadium that formerly stood in Kansas City, Missouri. It hosted the minor-league Kansas City Blues of the American Association from 1923 to 1954 and the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro leagues during the same period. The stadium was almost completely rebuilt prior to the 1955 baseball season and hosted the American League Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1967, the American League Kansas City Royals from 1969 to 1972, and the American Football League and National Football League Kansas City Chiefs from 1963 to 1971, as well as other short-lived professional teams. ==Early history== Municipal Stadium was originally built as Muehlebach Field in 1923 for the minor-league Blues for $400,000. It was named for Blues owner George E. Muehlebach, who also owned Kansas City businesses including Muehlebach Beer and the Muehlebach Hotel. It was located in the inner-city neighborhood near 18th and Vine to house the minor-league white Kansas City Blues baseball team and the Negro League Kansas City Monarchs.〔Staff (undated). ("K.C. Municipal Stadium" ). ballparksofbaseball.com. Retrieved July 9, 2012.〕〔Staff (undated). ("Kansas City Municipal Stadium" ). ballparktour.com. Retrieved March 31, 2009.〕 The first Negro League World Series game was held at the stadium in 1924. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, founded in 1990, is a few blocks from the site.〔Staff (undated). ("Negro Leagues Baseball Museum" ). Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Retrieved July 9, 2012.〕 The stadium consisted of a single-decked, mostly covered, grandstand, extending from the right-field foul pole down and around most of the left-field line. When the New York Yankees bought the Blues as its top farm team in 1937, the stadium was renamed Ruppert Stadium in honor of the Yankees' owner, Col. Jacob Ruppert. Ruppert died two years later and the stadium was renamed Blues Stadium in 1943. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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