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Saint Louis Sports
Saint Louis Sporting Attractions
Baseball: Housed in the beautiful
Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals boast 35 Hall of
Fame members, 15 league titles and 9 world championships
since 1926.
Basketball: A charter member of the
Great Midwest Conference, the St. Louis University
Billikens.
Football: Football returned to St.
Louis as the NFL Rams opened the new Edward Jones Dome
at the America's Center. The arena football team, the
Stampede, plays at the Savvis Center.
Hockey: Housed in the newly renovated
Savvis Center, the St. Louis Blues Hockey team proves to
be a yearly contender for the NHL championship.
Gateway International Raceway: Drag
racing every weekend, and home to NASCAR's newest oval.
Motorsports second to none. Four miles east of downtown.
Soccer: Affiliated with the National
Professional Soccer League, the St. Louis Ambush plays
20 games from late October through April.
Tennis: The St. Louis Aces,
professional team tennis, plays in Forest Park during
mid-summer.
Horse-racing: Just 10 minutes east of
downtown, the Fairmont Park Race Track offers
thoroughbred and harness racing with pari-mutual
wagering.
Golf: St. Louis offers over 73
competition quality golf courses such as the Spencer T.
Olin Community Golf Course designed and managed by
Arnold Palmer and recognized as one of the top 100
public courses in America.
- American Golf - Forest Park (18 holes, rolling
hills and scenic park views)
- Cottonwood (9 holes, par 36, cut from a hardwood
forest)
- Gateway Links LLC (18 holes)
- Lakewood (9 holes, rolling par 34)
- Spencer T. Olin (host site of the 1999 USGA
public links championship)
- Quail Creek (18 holes, challenging par 72
designed by Hale Irwin)
- Tapawingo National (27 championship holes
designed by Gary Player)
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