Buffalo Stadium
Buffalo Stadium is a stadium in Houston, United States that opened in 1928. Its recorded capacity is 11,556.
Key facts
Buffalo Stadium is a stadium in Houston, United States that opened in 1928. Its recorded capacity is 11,556. It is owned by St. Louis Cardinals and Anheuser-Busch and William Hopkins and Anheuser-Busch and Houston Buffaloes. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Busch Stadium. Current tenants are Houston Eagles 1949–1950, Houston Cougars baseball, Houston Buffaloes.
- Location
- Houston, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 11,556
- Opened
- 1928
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- St. Louis Cardinals, Anheuser-Busch, William Hopkins, Anheuser-Busch, Houston Buffaloes
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Buffalo Stadium is at latitude 29.734722, longitude -95.341944, in Houston, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 29.734722 |
| Longitude | -95.341944 |
| City | Houston |
| Region | Houston |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Buffalo Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Busch Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1958 to 1963. The average tenure of a name here is 5 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busch Stadium | None | 1958 to 1963 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Anheuser-Busch | 1928 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Houston Buffaloes | 1928 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | St. Louis Cardinals | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Owner | Anheuser-Busch | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Owner | William Hopkins | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Eagles 1949–1950 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Houston Cougars baseball | Not mapped | 1928 to present | Current | Source |
| Houston Buffaloes | Not mapped | 1928 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
12 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 3268 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Busch Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42804 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42803 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42802 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42801 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38633 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38632 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38631 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38630 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1373192132 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Buffalo_Stadium | Buffalo Stadium | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: