- PHOTO TAKEN 16SEP05 - An aerial view of the current Busch Stadium (L), home of the MLB National League's St. Louis Cardinals, and the new Busch Stadium, currently under construction in St. Louis September 16, 2005. The current stadium opened on May 12, 1966, and will be demolished after the Cardinals finish post-season play in 2005. St. Louis has already clinched the 2005 National League Central division title. [Organized baseball goes back to 1892 in St. Louis, and the new Busch Stadium will be the seventh baseball playing facility in the city's history]. The Gateway Arch and the Mississippi River can be seen at the top of the picture. Picture taken September 16, 2005.