Busch Stadium in 1953?

[Brownieand45sfan]

It is in the history books that Gussie Busch changed the name of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to Busch Stadium in the off-season 1952-1953. However, it looks like the browns were not cottoning to it much, and printed "Sportsman's Park" on their 1953 opening day tickets:

http://tinyurl.com/e953q

does anybody know the date Gussie changed the name and whether the Brownie's went along with it? Or did they have the right to continue referring to it as Sportsman's park as part of their lease?

[CaliforniaCajun]

It is in the history books that Gussie Busch changed the name of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to Busch Stadium in the off-season 1952-1953. However, it looks like the browns were not cottoning to it much, and printed "Sportsman's Park" on their 1953 opening day tickets:

http://tinyurl.com/e953q

does anybody know the date Gussie changed the name and whether the Brownie's went along with it? Or did they have the right to continue referring to it as Sportsman's park as part of their lease?

I know 1953 was the Browns' last year in St. Louis. Did they sell the park before then, or perhaps know they were going to and let the Cards change the name?

Did the park print and distribute the tickets?

[Brownieand45sfan]

According to this thread, the Cards bought the stadium from the Browns the same year they bought the Cardinals., i.e. before the '53 season:
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=28181

I would expect that each team printed its own tickets but I am not certain at all.

I know 1953 was the Browns' last year in St. Louis. Did they sell the park before then, or perhaps know they were going to and let the Cards change the name?

Did the park print and distribute the tickets?

[Big Whiskey]

It is in the history books that Gussie Busch changed the name of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to Busch Stadium in the off-season 1952-1953. However, it looks like the browns were not cottoning to it much, and printed "Sportsman's Park" on their 1953 opening day tickets:

http://tinyurl.com/e953q

does anybody know the date Gussie changed the name and whether the Brownie's went along with it? Or did they have the right to continue referring to it as Sportsman's park as part of their lease?

Baseball Library.com has Gussie Busch buying Sportsman's Park from Bill Veeck for $800,000 and a 5-year lease on 9 April 1953. Busch tried to rename it "Budweiser Park" but that didn't go over too well, so he named it Busch Stadium and the following year he came out with Busch Beer.

[Brownieand45sfan]

Baseball Library.com has Gussie Busch buying Sportsman's Park from Bill Veeck for $800,000 and a 5-year lease on 9 April 1953. Busch tried to rename it "Budweiser Park" but that didn't go over too well, so he named it Busch Stadium and the following year he came out with Busch Beer.
Thanks.

Question re: the five year lease. Was there any chance in Veeck's mind at that point that he would be using the whole of that lease? This is elementary perhaps but when did it become publicly known that the Browns would move at the first chance? Was there anything that could have happened in '53 to save the team.