[citation needed] It was the site of the first night game between two major league baseball clubs, which took place between the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants in 1931.

[4] The railroad tracks leading to Union Station, site of the Houston Astros' current ballpark, ran behind the center field wall.

[5] West End Park was located at the southeast corner of Andrews and Heiner Streets, on the southwest edge of present-day downtown.

[6] Home plate's specific location, until 2013, was commemorated by a plaque in the Houston Sports Hall of Fame, which comprised part of the Finger Furniture Store.

On January 5, 1927, Sam Breadon, then owner of the Major League Cardinals, announced that he wanted to purchase land from the City of Houston to construct a new ballpark for the Texas League Buffaloes[7] On January 18, it was announced that the location had been purchased in the East End.

[12][13][14] On June 11, 1950 a death occurred at the ballpark during a game between Houston and the Tulsa Oilers when a fifty-year-old laundry worker, Sanford B. Twente, committed suicide there at the press box.

Upon arriving at the television booth of the press box in the sixth inning of a game, Twente told broadcaster Dick Gottlieb "I got something to tell you."

For this reason, the only question was whether Buff Stadium could be upgraded to major league standards in time for the 1952 season.

Although the team was sold to Marty Marion on November 26, 1958, Busch Stadium remained under the ownership of the Anheuser-Busch company.

[18] Initially, the stadium was planned to be expanded to a capacity of 30,655 to accommodate a major league baseball team.

[1] The stadium existed unused when it was sold to the A. W. George Salvage Company at public auction on March 14, 1963 for a mere $19,750 USD.

[21] In 2013, the physical building of the Finger Furniture store was closed, and then sold to developer Frank Liu in February 2014.

At the time, it was a state-of-the-art minor league facility at a cost of $40 million; there was a Spanish-style tiled-roof entryway with large pictures of buffaloes on the adobe wall and in the late 1950s, ladies' rooms became air-conditioned.

In 1948, the stadium received substantial renovations including new seats, increased parking, more convenient concession stands, and spacious foyer.