Alumni Field was a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in
Amherst, Massachusetts on the campus of the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, ...
. It was home to the
UMass Redmen football team from around 1879 to 1964, when it was replaced by
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts, on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
It has been the Massachusetts Minutemen football team's home stadium since 1965, with the e ...
in nearby
Hadley. Today, the former location of the field is the location of the Philip F. Whitmore Administration Building.
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1965 disestablishments in Massachusetts
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Sports in Amherst, Massachusetts
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