Nickerson Field
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Nickerson Field is a stadium on the site of Braves Field, in Boston, Massachusetts the former home of the National League Boston Braves baseball team, now located in Atlanta, Georgia. Parts of Braves Field, such as the entry gate and right-field grandstand, comprise parts of the stadium.
The stadium is now owned by Boston University, and is the home field for the school's soccer program. It was also the home of B.U.'s football team until the school dropped the sport following the 1997 season. B.U.'s teams are called the "Terriers", obviously for the breed of dog called the Boston terrier.
Since its reconfiguration in the 1950s, four professional sports franchises have used this stadium:
- The Boston Patriots played at Nickerson Field from 1960 to 1962.
- In 1983, the Boston Breakers of the United States Football League played their home games here.
- From 2001 to 2003, the Women's United Soccer Association's Boston Breakers used the stadium.
- The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse began using the stadium as their home in 2004.
According to the Boston U. link shown below, the stadium was named for the school's previous athletic field, which had been in the outlying town of Weston. That field was abandoned in favor of the former home of the Braves, which Boston U. purchased in 1954. The stadium was initially called "Boston University Field", and later was renamed for the man (presumably a donor) who inspired the original field's name: "William E. Nickerson was an MIT graduate who was the principal inventor of the machinery used to manufacture the first Gillette safety razor."
It is worth noting that the stadium has been the home of B.U. teams rather longer (50-plus years) than it was the home of the Braves (parts of 38 seasons).
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