As it won't be long before the bulldozers mover to in and another classic looking football ground disappears. Senators management, seemingly uneasy about racial matters, were latecomers to integrating their team, adding their first black player, outfielder Carlos Paula, in 1954. However, in 1962, the Senators moved to the new D.C. Stadium, joining the Redskins, who had moved there a year before. A collection of two to four-storey houses at the site was given the go-ahead by Hounslow Council 's planning committee on Thursday (September 3). Work has resumed on the building of Brentford’s new Community Stadium – but it appears fans have already seen games at Griffin Park for the last time. I imagine compared to Griffin Park the Brentford fans will be pleased with this but this stadium won't have the same character as Griffin Park - unless they've made legroom non-existent like Griffin Park! Attention: Please take a moment to consider our, Really looks impressive on Sky Sports with them being shown around, I quiet like it, think then new stadiums in London have all been architecturally interesting, suspect it’s because they are part of wider mixed developments and aren’t generic bowls on ex industrial waste land, Behind the scenes video. The Club has partnered with Hilco Global to oversee the smooth running of the auction process. William Howard Taft watched the Senators bow to the ChiSox, August 13, 1912, Woodrow Wilson opens the season at Griffith Stadium, April 20, 1916, Future President Hoover (l) and current President Harding and wives, 1922, Calvin Coolidge gets to meet pitcher Walter Johnson, June 18, 1925, Hoover again, now as President. Works look to be progressing well on the new stadium and it looks well on course to be ready for the Club to kick off the new season in August next year. Looks to be a fair amount of space in the bar areas, amazing what a wide angle lens can do. The venue hosted the All-Star Game in 1937 and 1956, as well as World Series games in 1924, 1925, and 1933. Have your say here. Griffin Park: Brentford's 116-year-old home set for a muted farewell Watch Brentford vs Swansea live on Sky Sports Football from 7pm on Wednesday; Kick-off 7.45pm. [24] On July 23, 1942, a "battle of music" was held at Griffith between musicians Louis Armstrong and Charlie Barnet. Behind the scenes, not as fantastic or "huge" as the guy keeps telling you. Nearly a thousand of the stadium's seats were moved to Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida, at that time the spring training home of the Senators/Twins, where they remained until 2015 when that stadium was also demolished.[38]. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons! Being cynical then perhaps if this is a success then they won't need the fans to go to the game after all, but instead, pay to watch it at home or at a pub? Griffith Stadium was located in LeDroit Park, a historically black area of Washington since the Civil War. The money from the gate is a smaller portion of a club's income. [7] Clark Griffith took advantage of this trend by making small improvements in the stadium in 1920 and 1921. In October 1957, a group of blacks picketed multiple times in front of Griffith Stadium, protesting the lack of black players on the team. [1][2] This left the owners of the Washington Senators in a difficult situation, due to the fact that spring training had already begun and opening day was less than a month away. Duke Ellington worked at Griffith selling hot dogs during his childhood. The football field ran along the third base line. It served as home for the Negro league Homestead Grays during the 1940s and as such hosted both the 1943 and 1944 Negro World Series. [32], The American League opposed a move at first, but agreed under the condition that an expansion team, also named the Senators, would come to Washington, beginning in 1961. Griffith Stadium hosted numerous football events before the Redskins moved there in 1937. Griffin Park is located in the west of London just north of the river Thames at roughly 7.5 miles from central London (Westminster). Brentford until we’re taken over, and back in the Championship are in different tier to us.