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  Boise Location in the United States  Boise Location in Idaho | |
| Former names | Braves Field (1955–1963) Joe Devine Airway Park (1952–1954) Airway Park (1939–1952) |
|---|---|
| Address | 600 S. Walnut Street |
| Location | Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 43°36′07″N 116°11′10″W / 43.602°N 116.186°W |
| Elevation | 2,700 feet (825 m) |
| Capacity | 5,000 3,000 (1939) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1939 |
| Renovated | c. 1947 |
| Closed | 1963 |
| Tenants | |
| Boise Braves (PL) 1955–63 Boise Pilots (PL) 1954 Boise Yankees (PL) 1952–53 Boise Pilots (PL) 1939–42, 1946–51 | |
Joe Devine Airway Park was a minor league baseball stadium in the western United States, located in Boise, Idaho. Opened in 1939, the ballpark was the home of Boise's teams (Pilots, Yankees, Braves) in the Class C Pioneer League, which briefly moved to Class A in 1963, the final year of the Braves and the ballpark.[1]
Originally named "Airway Park," it was the home of the Pilots and was a few blocks east of the Boise Airport, then located at the present-day campus of Boise State University. The city donated 11 acres (4.5 ha) of the western portion of Municipal Park (now Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park) in 1939 for the ballpark.[2]
North of the nearby Boise River, the elevation of the natural grass field was approximately 2,700 feet (825 m) above sea level, and it was aligned to the southeast; the recommended alignment (home plate to center field) is east-northeast.[3] Opened with a seating capacity of 3,000, it was increased to 5,000 after World War II.[2]
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