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Following Busch's last 1995 event—the Rams' October 22 game before the opening of the now-[[Dome at America's Center]]—the Cardinals retrofitted it into a baseball-only stadium. A large section of the upper deck outfield seats was closed, replaced with a hand-operated scoreboard and flags commemorating the Cardinals' retired numbers and World Series championships. The stadium's original natural grass field was restored, and the outfield walls were re-painted green from their original blue.<ref name=bsfogr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4456%2C5874912 |newspaper=Southeast Missourian |location=Cape Girardeau |agency=Associated Press |title=Busch Stadium rolls out the grass |date=February 14, 1996 |page=1B}}</ref> |
Following Busch's last 1995 event—the Rams' October 22 game before the opening of the now-[[Dome at America's Center]]—the Cardinals retrofitted it into a baseball-only stadium. A large section of the upper deck outfield seats was closed, replaced with a hand-operated scoreboard and flags commemorating the Cardinals' retired numbers and World Series championships. The stadium's original natural grass field was restored, and the outfield walls were re-painted green from their original blue.<ref name=bsfogr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4456%2C5874912 |newspaper=Southeast Missourian |location=Cape Girardeau |agency=Associated Press |title=Busch Stadium rolls out the grass |date=February 14, 1996 |page=1B}}</ref> |
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[[File: Busch stadium.jpg|thumb|The 96 arches in the stadium's upper-level |
[[File: Busch stadium.jpg|thumb|The 96 arches in the stadium's upper-level match that of the Gateway Arches.]] |
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===Demolition=== |
===Demolition=== |