Alumni Field (Amherst, Massachusetts)
![]() Whitmore Administration Building, located on the spot of the former field | |
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Location | Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 |
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Coordinates | 42°23′9.31″N 72°31′35.74″W / 42.3859194°N 72.5265944°WCoordinates: 42°23′9.31″N 72°31′35.74″W / 42.3859194°N 72.5265944°W |
Owner | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Operator | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Capacity | Unknown |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Opened | 1879 |
Closed | 1964 |
Demolished | 1965 |
Tenants | |
UMass Redmen (NCAA) (1879-1964) |
Alumni Field was a multi-purpose stadium in Amherst, Massachusetts on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It was home to the UMass Redmen football team from around 1879 to 1964, when it was replaced by Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in nearby Hadley. Today, the former location of the field is the location of the Philip F. Whitmore Administration Building.
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- Sports venues completed in 1879
- American football venues in Massachusetts
- UMass Minutemen football
- Defunct multi-purpose stadiums in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts Amherst buildings
- Defunct college football venues
- 1879 establishments in Massachusetts
- 1965 disestablishments in Massachusetts
- Sports venues demolished in 1965
- University and college buildings completed in 1879