Illinois Field (1884)

This article is about the former Illinois Field that opened in 1884. For the current Illinois Field, see Illinois Field.

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]

Illinois Field

Location	Urbana, Illinois
Owner	University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Operator	University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Capacity	17,000
Opened	1884
Closed	1987
Tenants
Illinois Fighting Illini baseball (1884–1987) Illinois Fighting Illini football (1890–1922) Big Ten baseball tournament (1982)

Events

The field hosted the 1982 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament, won by Minnesota.^[2]