Busch Stadium

Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis is the home of the Cardinals, an open-air, brick-and-steel ballpark framed by a postcard view of the Gateway Arch beyond the outfield wall. It sits on the site of the old Busch Memorial Stadium and carries the same name into its third generation, anchoring the Ballpark Village entertainment district. The Cardinals' famously knowledgeable, standing-ovation-for-opposing-legends fan base makes it one of the more respected atmospheres in the sport. Statues of Cardinals legends ring the stadium's exterior, turning a walk around the concourse into a walk through franchise history.

The current Busch Stadium opened in April 2006, and the Cardinals won the World Series that same inaugural season — just the second team in nearly a century to win it all in a brand-new ballpark. It hosted an even more famous title in 2011, capped by David Freese's walk-off home run in Game 6 after St. Louis rallied from the brink of elimination twice in the same inning. Those two championships in the park's first six years gave it instant legitimacy among baseball's cathedral ballparks. It continues the Busch Stadium name and Cardinals tradition first established at the original Sportsman's Park and the second Busch Stadium.