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Downing Stadium

Downing Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, United States that opened in 1936. Its recorded capacity is 22,000.

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Downing Stadium
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Key facts

Downing Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, United States that opened in 1936. Its recorded capacity is 22,000. It is owned by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Randall's Island Stadium, Triborough Stadium. Current tenants are New York Yankees, New York Centaurs, 1936 United States Olympic Trials, 1952 NYU Violets football team, 1991 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 1966 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 1951 Fordham Rams football team, 1952 Fordham Rams football team, Negro league games, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Cosmos, Several concerts, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, New York Americans.

Location
Manhattan, United States
Type
Stadium
Capacity
22,000
Opened
1936
Status
Demolished
Current owner
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
2
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Downing Stadium
Downing Stadium

Downing Stadium is at latitude 40.793889, longitude -73.924167, in Manhattan, 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
Recorded location of Downing Stadium
FieldValue
Latitude40.793889
Longitude-73.924167
CityManhattan
RegionManhattan
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Downing Stadium
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

Naming history of Downing Stadium
193619812026Randall's Island Stadium (1936 to 1948)Triborough Stadium (1948 to 1955)Downing Stadium (1955 to present)

Downing Stadium has carried 3 recorded names. Randall's Island Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1936 to 1948. Triborough Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1948 to 1955. Downing Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1955 to present. The average tenure of a name here is 9.5 years.

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Every recorded name of Downing Stadium, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
Randall's Island StadiumNone1936 to 1948Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Triborough StadiumNone1948 to 1955Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Downing StadiumNone1955 to presentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia, with citationSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Downing Stadium, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerNew York City Department of Parks and RecreationPresentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OwnerNew York City Department of Parks and RecreationPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Downing Stadium and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
New York YankeesNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
New York CentaursNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1936 United States Olympic TrialsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1952 NYU Violets football teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1991 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1966 USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1951 Fordham Rams football teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
1952 Fordham Rams football teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Negro league gamesNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Brooklyn DodgersNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
New York CosmosNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Several concertsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
2012 U.S. Olympic TrialsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
New York AmericansNot mappedPresentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

115 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Downing Stadium
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
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23 September 2026venue_names(created)not setTriborough Stadium2026-09
23 September 2026venue_names(created)not setRandall's Island Stadium2026-09
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23 September 2026venue_rolesconfidencewikidatawikipedia_infobox2026-09
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23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleDowning_StadiumDowning Stadium2026-09

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Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Downing Stadium (revision 1372081316). Wikidata item: Q5303202.

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