Bush stadium

The Bush Stadium ( Busch Stadium , or New Bush Stadium / Bush Stadium III) is a baseball stadium in St. Louis , Missouri . It is the home stadium for Major Louis Baseball Major League Baseball Club. The capacity of the stadium is 43 975 people, of which 3706 are club seats and 61 VIP lodges. It was built on the site of the old " Bush Memorial Stadium ."

Bush stadium
Location	St. Louis , Missouri , USA
Open	April 4, 2006
Construction cost	365 million dollars
Architect	Populous (formerly HOK Sport) Kennedy Associates / Architects Inc
Owner	St. Louis National Baseball Club
Capacity	43,995 46 861 (with standing places)
Home team	St. Louis Cardinals ( Major League Baseball ) (2006 - present )

The baseball stadium was opened on April 4, 2006, when a friendly game was held between the St. Louis Cardinals farm clubs from the lower leagues Memphis Redbirds and Springfield Cardinals , in which Springfield won with a score of 5-3. The first official match took place here on April 10, 2006, when the Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers with a score of 6-4. The stadium attendance record was set on May 23, 2013. 48,263 people came to watch a friendly match between the football clubs Chelsea (football club) and Manchester City ^[1] .

The stadium became the third stadium in St. Louis, called the Bush Stadium. In 1953, the Cardinals team was acquired by Gussi Bush, who renamed the home stadium of the Sportsmen Park club to the Bush Stadium. In 1966, the stadium was closed and the Cardinalas baseball club, like the St. Louis Cardinals , moved from the NFL to the new multi-purpose complex, the Bush Memorial Stadium. Bush is currently named after Anheuser-Busch . The rights to the names of the stadium were sold to the brewing company in 2004 for a period of 20 years ^[2] .