Busch Stadium Portfolio Information

Busch Stadium: Last Days traces the destruction of the stadium designed by Edward Durell Stone and Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates in 1966, and documents the many comments left on the walls of the stadium by fans in its last days.  Over 2100 photographs taken over several months from the last game at the stadium constitutes the Busch Stadium: Last Days project.  Busch Stadium, considered a “cookie cutter” structure, was built as a multipurpose facility to house both baseball and football games and seated 50,345.  Games in both sports were played in the stadium until the football Cardinals moved to Arizona in 1988.  An airy design, Stone’s circular, all-concrete stadium was punctuated by narrow, elegant pillars and topped with a set of 96 arches that echoed the St. Louis Gateway Arch designed by Eero Saarinen in 1947 and dedicated in 1966. Spectacular views of the city could be seen from the outside ramps that circled up to the higher levels and a lacy network of circular forms provided the ceiling of the structure.  Busch Stadium was dear to the hearts of tens of thousands of St. Louis sports fans, who considered it a second home and a site for important rites of passage.  During its destruction, thousands visited the stadium to record passionate and poignant comments and stories on the walls and pillars.                                                                          -- Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, 2007

Print Sizes: 11 x 14" edition of 50 16 x 20" edition of 20 24 x 32" edition of 10 30 x 40" edition of 5

100-print limited edition portfolio (8 x 10 prints) in special box also available.