Dunn Field (Elmira)
| The Dunn | |
| Location | 546 Luce Street Elmira, NY 14904 |
|---|---|
| Owner | City of Elmira, NY |
| Operator | Elmira Baseball Amateur LLC. |
| Field size |
Left - 325' Left Center - 358' |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1938 |
| Opened | 1939 |
| Renovated | 2012 |
| Expanded | 1993 |
| Tenants | |
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Elmira Pioneers (1888–present) Elmira College (2015–present) Elmira Southside High School Baseball Elmira Southside High School Football Kanaweola Athletic Club (early 1900s) |
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Coordinates: 42°04′49″N 76°46′50″W / 42.080296°N 76.780674°W
Left - 325' Left Center - 358'
Center - 386' Right Center - 358'
Dunn Field is a stadium in Elmira, New York primarily used for baseball. Located on the banks of the Chemung River at the end of Luce St, it has been the home of various incarnations of the Elmira Pioneers since its opening in 1939.
The first stadium at the site was known as the Maple Avenue Driving Park. On Nov. 21, 1902, the stadium was the site of the first ever professional football night game. The Philadelphia Athletics football team, of the first National Football League, defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club, 39-0, on Friday November 21, 1902.[1] The stadium also served as an alternate home for baseball's National League Buffalo Bisons in the late 19th century.
The Maple Avenue Driving Park was replaced by Recreation Park, which burned down in 1938. A new stadium built to replace it was named after a local businessman, Edward Joseph Dunn, who donated some land for the stadium to the city.
Besides being the home field of the Elmira Pioneers baseball team, a variety of events have taken place in the stadium over the years such as wrestling & boxing matches, high school sports, and music concerts (The Beach Boys played there in 1984).
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