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Offermann Stadium

Buffalo, Italy

Offermann Stadium was an outdoor baseball and football stadium in Buffalo, New York. Opened in 1924 as Bison Stadium, it was home to the Buffalo Bisons (IL), Buffalo Bisons/Rangers (NFL) and Indianapolis Clowns (NAL). The stadium hosted the Little World Series (1927) and the Junior World Series (193

3, 1936 and 1957). The venue also hosted summer boxing cards, most famously the 1930 bout between future International Boxing Hall of Fame members Jimmy Slattery and Maxie Rosenbloom. The venue was demolished in 1961 and is now the site of Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts.

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