 In mid-season 1983 it was renamed for former major league player Sal Maglie, who played college ball for Niagara.Professional clubs occupying the site over the years included the Buffalo Bisons (1967–68), of the International League, as a temporary escape from the deteriorating War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo; the Niagara Falls Pirates (1970–79), later called Niagara Falls Sox (1982–85), Tigers (1989) and Rapids (1989–93), of the New York–Penn League; and Mallards (1995), of the North Atlantic League.The stadium is now home to the Niagara University Purple Eagles Club Baseball team.