Nickerson Field
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| Former names | Boston University Field (1953–55) |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°21′11″N 71°07′08″W / 42.353°N 71.119°WCoordinates: 42°21′11″N 71°07′08″W / 42.353°N 71.119°W |
| Owner | Boston University |
| Operator | Boston University |
| Capacity | 10,412 |
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FieldTurf (2001–present) Astroturf (1968–2000) Natural grass (1955–1967) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 20, 1915 |
| Opened | August 18, 1915 |
| Renovated | 1955 |
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Boston University Terriers (NCAA) (1953–present) Boston Patriots (AFL) (1960–1962) Boston Minutemen (NASL) (1975) New England Tea Men (NASL) (1979) Boston Breakers (USFL) (1983) Boston Bolts (ASL/APSL) (1988–90) Boston Breakers (WUSA) (2001–2003) Boston Cannons (MLL) (2004–06) Boston 13s (USARL) (2016–present) |
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Nickerson Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the Northeastern United States, on the campus of Boston University in Boston. It is located on the site of Braves Field, the former home ballpark of the Boston Braves, a major league baseball team in the National League; the franchise relocated to Milwaukee in March 1953, 64 years ago. Parts of Braves Field, such as the entry gate and right-field pavilion, remain as portions of the current stadium. The old Braves Field ticket office at Harry Agganis Way also remains, now used by the Boston University police department.
The stadium is now owned by Boston University, and is the home field for some of its Terriers athletics programs, including soccer and lacrosse. It was also the home of the BU football team until the program was discontinued 19 years ago, following the 1997 season.
From the mid-1980s to 1995, the stadium hosted the New England Scholastic Band Association's marching band field show championships.
Since its reconfiguration in the 1950s, seven professional sports franchises have used this stadium:
Boston University purchased the former home of the Braves on July 30, 1953 and renamed it Boston University Field. The stadium inherited its current name from the school's previous athletic field, which had been in the town of Weston. That field was taken by eminent domain in 1955 for construction of Route 128. BU used the proceeds, in part, to renovate the former baseball park and renamed it for William E. Nickerson, a member of the BU Board of Trustees who had donated the original field in Weston to BU in 1928. According to the previously referenced article, Nickerson "was an MIT graduate who was the principal inventor of the machinery used to manufacture the first Gillette safety razor."
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