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Title: Billy Graham Filled Municipal Stadium
Description: Author recounts his experiences as an usher during a Billy Graham Crusdae at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, concluding on September 17, 1967 with over 53,000 attendees.
Date: 2006-05-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Tall, Green and Handsome: ''Shocking'' Rememberance of the KC Athletics and the Field of My Dreams
Description: In his column "The Flyover", Bud Simpson reminiscences about the days in his youth when he would go to Municipal Stadium at 22nd and Brooklyn in Kansas City. He recalls his favorite parts of the stadium as well as what he remembers seeing there in the 1950s and 60s. He also mentions the Kansas City Athletics. Included with the article are two photographs of the stadium taken in the 1970s after the field had closed and before it was torn down.
Date: 2006-02-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: Kansas City, Here They Came
Description: Article focuses upon the actions of Charles O. Finley, owner of the Kansas City Athletics baseball team, to bring the Beatles to Kansas City during their 1964 U.S. tour. Specifics of the business arrangement between the band, manager Brian Epstein, and Finley that made the September 17, 1964, performance possible are provided. Area residents who recall the concert are interviewed and describe its impact upon the city.
Date: 2014-02-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Stadium Taking Last Swing after 48 Years at Bat
Description: Article about the demolition of the sports and entertainment stadium, with its history under various names since 1923, and photos.
Date: 1971-09-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Old Ball Park Leaves Its Memories
Description: Article debating the future and recalling the past of the now-deserted stadium, former home to such sports teams as the Kansas City A's, Royals, and Chiefs at 22nd & Brooklyn Avenues.
Date: 1972-10-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Question Box: When Was the First Night Baseball Game Played in Kansas City?
Description: The first night baseball game at Municipal Stadium, then Muehlebach field, under a permanent lighting system, was played July 6, 1932. Portable electric lights equipment for night baseball was used at the field in 1930 by the Monarchs.
Date: 1956-06-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: George E. Muehlebach, Jr.
Description: Photos and biographical article about George Edward Muehlebach, Jr., or George Muehlebach, Jr., "president [of the] Kansas City American Association Baseball Company, president [of the] George Muehlebach Company, [and] president [of the] George Muehlebach Estate Company," owning the Hotel Muehlebach. Born in Kansas City in 1881 as the son of the brewer and Swiss native George Muehlebach, Sr. at 1736 Main Street. Mention of the present (1923) construction of the baseball field first known as Muehlebach Field and later to be called Municipal Stadium at 22nd and Brooklyn Avenues.
Date: 1923-05-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Showing How Work Is Progressing on the New Blue Baseball Park
Description: Photo of Municipal Stadium, under construction in 1923 at 22nd Street and Brooklyn Avenue. Built as Muehlebach Field for the Kansas City Blues minor league baseball team and later renamed Ruppert Stadium, Blues Stadium, and then Municipal Stadium before being razed.
Date: 1923-04-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Ballpark Area's Future May Lie In Historic Past
Description: Article about the efforts being made in the Monarch Manor subdivision on the former site of old Municipal Stadium to attract home buyers. "Nearly $300,000 worth of trees, landscaping and a paved pavilion will outline where the grandstand once stood."
Date: 2012-06-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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