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Alumni Stadium
"The Nest"

Alumni Stadium
Copyright 2007 by Urban Photos

  Venue Resources  
Address 140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
Phone (617) 552-3004
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  The Facility  
Date Opened September 21, 1957
Major Renovation 1994
Ownership
(Management)
Boston College
(Boston College)
Surface FieldTurf
Cost of Construction $250,000
Capacity 44,500
Luxury Suites 54 Suites
Club Seats None
  Other Facts  
Tenants Boston College Eagles
(NCAA) (1957-Present)
Former Tenants Boston Patriots
(AFL) (1969)
Population Base 4,600,000
On Site Parking Unknown
Nearest Airport Logan International Airport

Championships 1st
1940


Sources: Mediaventures

Opened in 1915 as "Alumni Field," Boston College's first stadium was located just south of Gasson Quadrangle, on the site of the present "Campus Green", better known as the "Dustbowl." While today that area of BC's campus is grass-covered and landscaped, the Dustbowl nickname originated as a description of Alumni Field in the years when it was intensely-used not only as a gridiron, but a practice field, a baseball diamond and a running track. Formally dedicated "as a memorial to the boys that were" on October 30, 1915, Alumni Field and its distinctive "maroon goal-posts on a field of green" were hailed in that evening's edition of the Boston Saturday Evening Transcript as "one of the sights in Boston." The original grandstands, which could accommodate 2,200 spectators in 1915, were enlarged over the subsequent years such that a 1941 concert band drew a record crowd of 25,000. Nonetheless Alumni Field often proved too small for BC football games which were frequently held at Fenway Park, and later Braves Field, beginning in the 1930s and 1940s.

Alumni Field, precursor to Alumni Stadium, ca. 1920
On September 21, 1957 Alumni Stadium opened on Boston College's lower campus. The new stadium incorporated a football field encircled by a regulation track with a seating capacity of 26,000. The dedication game, a match up with the Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy, was orchestrated with the help of BC benefactor and then-Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. Kennedy, who had received his honorary degree at Commencement Exercises in Alumni Field the previous year, would return to Alumni Stadium on a number of occasions over the course of his political career, including a 1963 Convocation Address, one of his last public appearances. Alumni Stadium has hosted numerous intellectual and cultural luminaries, religious leaders and heads of state as the venue for Boston College's annual Commencement Exercises since 1957.

The Class of 1939 Eagle at Alumni Stadium's South Gate
In addition to being the permanent home of the Boston College football team, Alumni Stadium hosted the Boston Patriots of the American Football League during the 1969 season. The stadium underwent a major renovation before the 1994 season which eliminated the track and increased seating capacity to 44,500. Since 1998, a 65-foot (20Êm)-high bubble of inflatable vinyl has covered the stadium from December to March and allowed the field to be used as a winter practice facility. The field surface itself was converted to FieldTurf before the 2004 season. In the summer before the 2005 football season, the $27 million Yawkey Athletics Center opened at Alumni Stadium's north end zone, and the ACC logo of the Atlantic Coast Conference was added to the FieldTurf surface.

As the home of the Boston College Eagles, Alumni Stadium has been the site of numerous notable moments in Boston College football history. On September 17, 2005, Alumni Stadium hosted BC's inaugural game as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Alumni Stadium is a football stadium located at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the Boston suburbs. It is the home of the football team at BC and also hosted the Boston Patriots during the 1963 and 1969 seasons.

Originally opened in 1957, the stadium was heavily renovated for the 1994 season. Today, it seats 44,500.

ARC USA used a combination of renovations and additions to transform BC's Alumni Stadium into a first class Division 1-A facility. Sited between the indoor basketball court/ ice rink and a parking garage, the new stadium was designed within the same footprint as its predecessor but with 12,500 additional seats, for a total capacity of 44,500. The lower bleacher seats and the track that encircled the football field were removed. Sideline bleachers were constructed and two-tier structures with VIP boxes were added at each end-zone. The south elevation, which faces Beacon Street and the adjacent residential community, uses the same brick and cast-stone pallet as the surrounding academic buildings.

Boston College Eagles

Alumni Field
Alumni Field

1913-1956
Braves Field
Braves Field

Temporary
Fenway Park
Fenway Parkd

Temporary
Alumni Stadium
Alumni Stadium

1957-Present

Boston Patriots / New England Patriots

Nickerson Field
Nickerson Field

1960-1962
Fenway Park
Fenway Park

1963-1968
Alumni Stadium
Alumni Stadium

1969
Harvard Stadium
Harvard Stadium

1970
Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro Stadium

1971-2001
Gillette Stadium
Gillette Stadium

2002-Present


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