He named it Perry Stadium as a memorial to his brother Jim, the former owner of the club who had died in plane crash during a solo flight from Schoen Field on the eastside of Indianapolis in 1929.

[citation needed] The name was the winning entry of a fan contest held by the club's new owners.

While Perry sold the baseball club to Frank E. McKinney and former player Donie Bush that year, he retained ownership of the stadium.

[5][6] English ivy was planted on the brick outfield walls of Perry Stadium prior to its opening.

[8] In 1987, Bush Stadium was dressed up in different ways to be used as the stand-in for both Comiskey Park and Crosley Field during the filming of Eight Men Out, which was about the "Black Sox Scandal", the throwing of the 1919 World Series.

In 1985, the city studied what would be needed to upgrade the ballpark in order to attract a Major League team.

On May 9, 1985, Mayor Bill Hudnut recommended to the parks board that it not move ahead with the project, citing the cost and the disruption to the neighborhoods around the stadium.

[4] In August 1993, the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues warned that either major repairs needed to be done or a new stadium constructed; failure to do so could result in the transfer of the team to another city.

At the time, it was estimated that renovations, which would include removal of asbestos and lead paint, could cost around $10 million.

In 2011, it was proposed that the stadium be turned into an apartment complex, and on March 15, 2012, demolition began on portions of the 81-year-old structure.

The dirt portion of the infield has now been paved with stamped red concrete, but the lights that lit up the field at night still stand.

Much of the exterior façade has been preserved, and many of the historic features, such as the owner's suite and the ticket booth, have been incorporated into the loft apartments.