Burnett Field

The story

The park opened in 1924 as Gardner Park, built across the street after the original Gardner Park burned on July 19, 1924, following a game. It held 10,500 and sat between Jefferson Boulevard, Brazos Street, Colorado Boulevard and the Trinity River. It carried several names over the years, including Steers Park, Rebels Park and Eagles Stadium. Burnett Field began as a temporary name in 1948 and became permanent in 1951, honoring Rangers owner Dick Burnett.

The team changed names too: Giants, Steers, Rebels, Eagles, Rangers. In 1960 the club merged with Fort Worth and played half its home games at LaGrave Field. The Dallas Cowboys, founded that same year, used Burnett Field as their primary practice facility. Professional baseball ended there in 1964, when the club moved to Vancouver. In 2014 Cienda Partners acquired the property, and the former Burnett Field land was the first parcel chosen for development.

What's There Now

The land is part of a redevelopment parcel assembled by Cienda Partners, which bought it in 2014.

Everything that was here

• 1924–1964

  Burnett FieldStadium

  A Dallas ballpark that began as Gardner Park, hosted early Cowboys practices, and lost pro baseball in 1964.

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