Ruppert Stadium
Ruppert Stadium is a stadium in Newark, United States that opened in 1926. Its recorded capacity is 12,000.
Key facts
Ruppert Stadium is a stadium in Newark, United States that opened in 1926. Its recorded capacity is 12,000. It is owned by New York Yankees and New York Yankees. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Davids' Stadium, Bear Stadium. Current tenants are Newark Bears, Newark Stars, Newark Bears.
- Location
- Newark, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 12,000
- Opened
- 1926
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- New York Yankees, New York Yankees
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Ruppert Stadium is at latitude 40.7199, longitude -74.1466, in Newark, 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 | 40.7199 |
| Longitude | -74.1466 |
| City | Newark |
| Region | Newark |
| 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
Ruppert Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Davids' Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1926 to 1931. Bear Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1932 to 1933. The average tenure of a name here is 3 years.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | New York Yankees | 1926 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | New York Yankees | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Bears | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Newark Stars | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Newark Bears | Not mapped | 1926 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
10 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 | 3461 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Bear Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Davids' Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43496 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43495 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 43494 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 39905 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 39904 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372226865 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Ruppert_Stadium_(New_Jersey) | Ruppert Stadium (New Jersey) | 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: