Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium ( or just County Stadium in context ) was a ballpark in Milwaukee , Wisconsin from 1953 to 2000 . It was primarily used as a baseball stadium for the Milwaukee Braves and Brewers , but was also used for football games , ice skating , religious services , concerts and other large events . It was replaced by Miller Park . Construction . Milwaukee County Stadium was originally built as a home for the Milwaukee Brewers of the minor league American Association , replacing the outdated and deteriorating Borchert Field . Several locations around the city were considered before the city settled on Story Quarry , on the west side of Milwaukee . County Stadium was the first ballpark in the United States financed with public funds . Construction began in October 1950 and , hampered by steel shortages during the Korean War , was completed in 1953 . The city of Milwaukee also hoped to use the new facility to attract a Major League Baseball franchise ( the city had been considered a potential relocation target for years ) , and in this respect their efforts were immediately successful . In fact , the minor league Brewers would never get a chance to play at the new stadium . Major League Baseball . Milwaukee Braves ( 1953 – 1965 ) . Even before it was completed , the new " Milwaukee County Municipal Stadium " drew the interest of major league clubs . The St . Louis Browns , who had played in Milwaukee in 1901 , the inaugural season of the American League , applied for permission to relocate back to the city they had left half a century before . The Boston Braves , the parent club of the Brewers , blocked the proposed move . The Braves had long been struggling at the gate in Boston , and rumors of them relocating had been floating for some time . The move to keep Milwaukee available as a new home indicated to many observers that the Braves would move to Milwaukee themselves . Three weeks before the beginning of the 1953 season , and right before the new stadium was ready to open , the Braves made it official , applying for permission to relocate . The other National League owners agreed , with the team becoming the Milwaukee Braves . The Braves ' first home game , on April 6 , 1953 was an exhibition contest against the Boston Red Sox . In their first season in Milwaukee , the Braves set the National League attendance record of 1 . 8 million . The first published issue of " Sports Illustrated " on August 16 , 1954 , featured County Stadium and batter Eddie Mathews on its cover . On July 12 , 1955 , County Stadium hosted the 22nd All - Star Game . The National League won , 6 – 5 , on a 12th inning home run by Stan Musial . The Braves would also host back - to - back World Series in 1957 and 1958 against the New York Yankees . The Braves would defeat the Yankees in 1957 only for the Yankees to defeat them the next year . The stadium continued to be the National League ' s top draw until 1959 when the Dodgers , who had moved to Los Angeles two years before , overtook the Braves ( both in the stands and on the field ) . In the early 1960s attendance fell , along with the Braves ' standings , amid an unstable ownership situation . The Milwaukee Braves used the stadium until 1966 , when new owners , seeking a larger television market , moved the team to Atlanta . Chicago White Sox ( 1968 – 1969 ) . In an effort to return Major League Baseball to Milwaukee after the departure of the Braves , local businessman and minority Braves owner Bud Selig brought other teams to play at County Stadium , beginning with a 1967 exhibition game between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins . The exhibition game attracted more than 51 , 000 spectators , so Selig ' s group contracted with Sox owner Arthur Allyn to host nine Chicago White Sox home games at County Stadium in 1968 . Selig ' s experiment was staggeringly successful – those nine games drew 264 , 297 fans . Those games took place on May 15 vs . the California Angels , May 28 vs . the Baltimore Orioles , June 17 vs . the Cleveland Indians , June 24 vs . the Minnesota Twins , July 11 vs . the New York Yankees , July 22 vs . the Oakland A ' s , August 2 vs . Washington Senators , August 8 vs . the Boston Red Sox , and August 26 vs . the Detroit Tigers . In Chicago that season , the Sox drew 539 , 478 fans to their remaining 58 home games . In just a handful of games , the Milwaukee crowds accounted for nearly " one - third " of the total attendance at White Sox games . In light of this success , Selig and Allyn agreed that County Stadium would host Sox home games again the next season . In 1969 , the Sox schedule in Milwaukee was expanded to include 11 home games ( one against every other franchise in the American League at the time ) . Although those games were attended by slightly fewer fans ( 198 , 211 fans , for an average of 18 , 019 ) they represented a greater percentage of the total White Sox attendance than the previous year – over one - third of the fans who went to Sox home games in 1969 did so at County Stadium ( in the remaining 59 home dates in Chicago , the Sox drew 391 , 335 for an average of 6 , 632 per game ) . Those games took place on April 23 vs . the California Angels , May 22 vs . Detroit Tigers , May 28 vs . the New York Yankees , June 11 vs . the Cleveland Indians , June 16 vs . the Seattle Pilots ( who eventually became the Brewers the next season ) , July 2 vs . the Minnesota Twins , July 7 vs . the Oakland A ' s , August 6 vs . the Washington Senators , August 13 vs . the Boston Red Sox , September 1 vs . the Baltimore Orioles , and September 26 vs . the Kansas City Royals . Despite the attendance success of the White Sox exhibition games , Selig was unable to attract an expansion team in the 1969 expansion . Milwaukee Brewers ( 1970 – 2000 ) . Not discouraged , Selig instead bought the struggling Seattle Pilots out of bankruptcy court . In the spring of 1970 Milwaukee had baseball again , and County Stadium had a new tenant . The new Milwaukee Brewers , named for the American Association club for which County Stadium was originally built over twenty years earlier , called it home from 1970 to 2000 . The sale occurred during spring training for 1970 , and happened so fast that Selig could not get new uniforms made . Instead , they ripped the Pilots insignia off the pre - existing uniforms , and the Brewers adopted the Pilots ' blue , white and yellow instead of the red and navy blue Selig originally wanted for Brewers uniforms . On July 15 , 1975 , County Stadium saw its second All - Star Game . As in 1955 , the National League beat the American League by a score of 6 – 3 . The game was attended by 51 , 480 fans , the largest crowd at the stadium at that time . . The Brewers were represented by George Scott and Hank Aaron , who had recently returned to Milwaukee in a trade with the Braves . Aaron spent the last two years of his career in Milwaukee and in the American League , where the designated hitter position allowed him to extend his playing days . Aaron hit his final home run at County Stadium , giving him a career total of 755 , establishing at the time the career home run record he first took from Babe Ruth in 1974 . Aaron ' s final home run took place in the 7th inning with a solo shot off California Angels right - hander Dick Drago on July 20 , 1976 , a game that the Brewers would win 6 – 2 . Replacement and demolition . By the 1990s , County Stadium was considered outdated , lacking the amenities ( most notably luxury boxes ) that generated additional revenue for teams . On July 11 , 1992 , Selig announced plans for a publicly - financed replacement to be built adjacent to County Stadium , opening in time for the 1994 season . The new stadium funding plan proved to be extremely controversial , and it was not until 1996 that groundbreaking began on the new stadium , by now named Miller Park as part of a sponsorship deal with nearby Miller Brewing Company . Miller Park ' s most distinctive new feature was a retractable roof , deemed essential to drawing fans during the cool and unpredictable Wisconsin spring . At the time of the groundbreaking , Miller Park was scheduled to open in 2000 , making 1999 the final season in County Stadium . The Brewers opened the 1999 season intending to bid farewell to their old park . On July 14 , three construction workers at the Miller Park site were killed in a crane collapse while attempting to install a 400 - ton roof panel . A good part of the construction site was also damaged as a result . Cleanup and an investigation delayed the closing of County Stadium to the 2000 season . County Stadium was demolished on February 21 , 2001 . Although most of the stadium site is now covered with parking for Miller Park , the site of the old infield was converted into a Little League park , and is now called Helfaer Field . Football . Green Bay Packers ( 1953 – 1994 ) . The National Football League ' s Green Bay Packers played two or three home games per year at Milwaukee County Stadium from 1953 to 1994 , after using Wisconsin State Fair Park in nearby West Allis and also Marquette Stadium . The Packers compiled a 76 – 47 – 3 ( . 617 ) mark in 126 regular - season County Stadium contests over 42 seasons . County Stadium hosted at least one pre - season game annually during this time as well ( except 1983 ) , including the Upper Midwest Shrine Game . Financial considerations prompted the Packers to turn to Milwaukee in the 1930s ; by 1995 after multiple renovations to Lambeau Field , it became more lucrative for the Packers to play their full home slate in Green Bay again for the first time since 1932 . Former Milwaukee ticket holders were offered tickets at Lambeau to one pre - season game and games 2 and 5 of the regular season schedule , in what is referred to as the " Gold package . " The Minnesota Vikings ( 15 times ) were the Packers ' most frequent foe at County Stadium , as the Packers would traditionally host at least one divisional rival from the NFC Central in Milwaukee each season . Only once , however , did the Packers play their ancient archrivals , the Chicago Bears , in Milwaukee , defeating the Bears 20 – 3 in 1974 . On November 26 , 1989 , a County Stadium record crowd of 55 , 892 saw the Packers beat the Vikings , 20 – 19 . The Packers ' final game at County Stadium was a 21 – 17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on December 18 , 1994 ; with fourteen seconds left , the winning 9 - yard touchdown run was scored by quarterback Brett Favre . Coincidentally , Atlanta was Favre ' s first NFL address in 1991 , and the city to which the baseball Braves moved almost three decades earlier . The Packers also hosted one NFL playoff game at County Stadium , the December 23 , 1967 Western Conference Championship against the Los Angeles Rams . By beating the Rams 28 – 7 , the Packers would face the Dallas Cowboys in the famed Ice Bowl at Lambeau 8 days later . Unlike most publicly - funded stadiums built in the 20th century , County Stadium was built as a baseball stadium that could convert into a football stadium . While it was initially hoped the stadium would lure the Packers to Milwaukee full - time ( it was larger than the Packers ' then - home , City Stadium ) , upgrades and seat expansion almost exclusively benefited the Braves and later the Brewers . It was thus somewhat problematic for football , with only the bare minimum adjustments made to accommodate the sport . The playing surface was just barely large enough to fit a football field . The football field itself ran parallel with the first base line . The south end zone spilled onto the warning track in right field , the north onto foul territory on the third - base side . Both teams occupied the east sideline on the outfield side , separated by a piece of tape . It seated less than 56 , 000 for football , and many seats had obstructed views or were far from the field . The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee football team also called County Stadium home until the team disbanded following the 1974 season . Other uses . Soccer . The Chicago Sting , a North American Soccer League franchise played a series of exhibition games at the stadium in anticipation of a permanent move which never materialized . Concert venue . County Stadium was also a popular home for concerts throughout its history . Bob Hope performed for fans during a Braves doubleheader in 1960 . County Stadium also hosted the Kool Jazz Festival every year from 1976 through 1980 . In 1975 , The Rolling Stones played a concert with The Eagles , The Beach Boys and Rufus . Following the concert , the Brewers complained that the fans destroyed the field . The damage was , in fact , less than that which typically occurred during Green Bay Packers football games . Also in 1975 , Pink Floyd performed at County Stadium . An urban legend has sprung up around this show – according to legend , the dark and brooding clouds parted and revealed a brilliant moon just as the band was launching into the line " I ' ll see you on the dark side of the moon . " ( Eyewitnesses confirm that this actually happened , after the show had been interrupted several times by rain . ) Pink Floyd returned to County Stadium in 1977 , drawing an estimated 60 , 000 . For a third and final time , the band returned on September 30 , 1987 , on the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour . In 1978 , the Grand Slam Jam brought in Heart , Journey , Cheap Trick & Ted Nugent . Other sold out concerts at County Stadium in 1978 were the Eagles on their Hotel California tour , with the Steve Miller Band and Pablo Cruise , and Jefferson Starship . 1981 saw the World Series of Rock make an appearance , starring REO Speedwagon . Paul McCartney played to sellout crowds in 1993 , as did Billy Joel and Elton John during their " Piano Men " tour in 1994 . Other musical stars who performed at County Stadium included Simon and Garfunkel , Crosby Stills & Nash , Fleetwood Mac , Jimmy Buffett , Kenny Loggins , Peter Frampton , Marvin Gaye , Al Green , The Temptations , Smokey Robinson , B . B . King , Emmylou Harris , Nancy Wilson , The Staple Singers , Archie Bell and the Drells , Frankie Avalon , the Hollywood Argyles , Johnny and The Hurricanes , James Brown , The Famous Flames , Lobo , Bread , Andy Kim , Gary Puckett , Rare Earth & The Honeycombs . Religious services . Jehovah ' s Witnesses held an annual convention ( including well known annual themes such as : " Good News for all Nations " and ' Peace on Earth " ) in the Stadium during the 1960s and 1970s , drawing as many as 57 , 000 people at a time . They later opted to utilize an " Assembly Hall " , which is constructed for the same purpose as the Stadium . Billy Graham ' s 1979 Wisconsin Crusade was also held at the Stadium . " Coach " ( TV series ) . Portions of the last three seasons ( 1995 – 1997 ) of the American television series " Coach " were filmed at County Stadium . The series starred Craig T . Nelson as Hayden Fox , coach of the Orlando Breakers ( a fictional NFL expansion team ) , from whose office window County Stadium can be recognized . Movie Location . The movie " Major League " was shot at County Stadium during the summer of 1988 . Even though the movie was about the Cleveland Indians , producers cast Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer Bob Uecker in the movie , with signage for local channels WTMJ - TV ( Channel 4 ) and WCGV ( Channel 24 ) not covered up and visible in the film . Announcements were made on local television news programs about the number of extras required for the day ' s shooting , and capacity crowds turned out for the shooting of the final scenes , which involved the Indians in the final games of a pennant race . Professional Wrestling . The World Wrestling Federation held " WrestleFest 1988 " at County Stadium on July 31 , 1988 . The event was headlined by Hulk Hogan defeating André the Giant in a steel cage match . Ice Capades . Due to the large seating capacity , in July 1953 the new stadium hosted the Ice Capades for nine consecutive nights . Unique features . There was a chalet and giant beer mug , originally at right - center field and later at left , where mascot Bernie Brewer would " dunk " himself whenever a Brewers player hit a home run . The chalet is now stored at Lakefront Brewery , a Milwaukee microbrewery , and can be seen on brewery tours . County Stadium also gave rise to the Sausage Race , during which several anthropomorphized sausages participate in a fictional race to home plate between the sixth and seventh innings . Whoever finished first was the " wiener " and whoever finished last was the " wurst " . Brats with Secret Stadium Sauce , invented and served at County Stadium , were the favorite ballpark food of sportscaster Bob Costas . Notable games . County Stadium has hosted two Baseball All - Star Games , in 1955 , when the National League Braves played host ( and won 6 – 5 in 12 Innings ) , and in 1975 , when the then American League Brewers played host , and lost , 6 – 3 . It also hosted the World Series in 1957 , 1958 and 1982 , as well as league playoffs in 1959 and 1981 , and a Green Bay Packers playoff game in 1967 . On May 26 , 1959 , Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates set a record as he pitched 12 perfect innings only to lose 1 – 0 to the Braves in the 13th inning . On April 30 , 1961 , Willie Mays hit four homers and collected 8 RBI as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Braves 14 – 4 . On May 1 , 1975 , Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth ' s RBI record of 2211 by driving in his 2212th run at County Stadium . On September 17 , 1976 , County Stadium hosted a " Salute to Hank Aaron " in which Aaron was honored . On October 3 , 1976 , in the final game of his career , Aaron singled in his final at - bat for hit number 3771 . The hit drove in a run and set the Major League Baseball career RBI record of 2 , 297 . In this final game , Aaron also set Major League records for that time with career game 3 , 298 and career At - Bat 12 , 364 . On July 31 , 1990 , Nolan Ryan won his 300th Major League Baseball game at County Stadium when the Texas Rangers defeated the Brewers 11 – 3 . The final game at County Stadium took place on September 28 , 2000 . In a closing ceremony led by legendary announcer Bob Uecker , greats from the Milwaukee Braves , Milwaukee Brewers , and Green Bay Packers were introduced . Familiar faces such as Warren Spahn , Hank Aaron , Frank Torre , and Bob Buhl represented the Braves . Willie Wood and Fuzzy Thurston were some of the notable Packers . Brewers greats that came back to salute the fans and the stadium included Paul Molitor , Jim Gantner , Rollie Fingers , and the widow of 1982 manager Harvey Kuenn . When Uecker announced what would be the final player introduction in the stadium , he began , " his name is synonymous with the Brewers . . . " Robin Yount then appeared from the left field fence on another Milwaukee legend , a Harley Davidson motorcycle . This was in honor of Yount ' s famous entrance during the County Stadium celebration for the Brewers following the 1982 World Series , when Yount rode his Honda XR500 dirt bike ( a bike which was not street - legal , but had been nonetheless used by Yount for the entire season ) around the warning track , much to the delight of the fans . Following the introductions , Uecker read a short requiem for the old park as the lights were turned off , standard by standard . He closed with a version of this trademark broadcast sign - off " . . . so - long old friend , and goodnight everybody . " Capacity . When it opened in 1953 it had 28 , 111 permanent seats and could hold up to 36 , 011 people . After an expansion one year later , the seating capacity was increased to 43 , 394 . Subsequent expansions raised the baseball capacity to 53 , 192 in 1973 until the final game was played on September 28 , 2000 . Dimensions . Final