Illinois Field (1884)

Illinois Field
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LocationUrbana, Illinois
OwnerUniversity of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
OperatorUniversity of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Capacity17,000
Opened1884
Closed1987
Tenants
Illinois Fighting Illini baseball (1884–1987)
Illinois Fighting Illini football (1890–1922)
Big Ten baseball tournament (1982)

Illinois Field was a stadium in Urbana, Illinois. It hosted the Illinois Fighting Illini football team until they moved to the Memorial Stadium in 1923 and the school's baseball team until they moved to the current Illinois Field in 1988. The stadium held 17,000 people at its peak.[1]

  1. ^ "Illinois Renaissance | the Renovation of Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois". Archived from the original on 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2012-01-24.