Nickerson Field

Seating Capacity: 9,871 (3,546 chair back seats | 6,325 bleacher seats)
Surface: GreenFields MX Trimension
Field Dimensions: 86 x 134 yards
Playing Dimensions: M/W Soccer (72 x 116 yards), Men's Lacrosse (59 x 107 yards), Women's Lacrosse (64 x 116 yards) A historically rich stadium located in the heart of the Boston University community, the 105-year-old Nickerson Field is currently home to the Terrier men's and women's soccer as well as the men's and women's lacrosse teams.

Most recently upgraded in August of 2016 with a new 22.75 x 39.5 feet Daktronics 13 HD video board that features a virtual customizable stat bar and is valued at more than half a million dollars, Nickerson Field is a 9,871 seat, FIFA-approved FieldTurf facility. It has played host to the 2006 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Tournament, the Terriers' 2008 NCAA men's soccer first-round victory over Fairleigh Dickinson and three NCAA women's soccer first round games with the last one taking place in 2014. It also hosts the annual BU commencement ceremony.

Nickerson Field is a stadium rich in the tradition of Boston sports history. Once the home of the Boston Braves National League baseball club and the site where Babe Ruth signed his last professional contract, it was purchased by the University on July 29, 1953.

The site, on Harry Agganis Way just north of busy Commonwealth Avenue, has undergone sweeping modifications over the last 60 years. The stadium owes its present layout largely to the birth of the Boston Patriots of the infant American Football League. Orphans before they played their first game, the Patriots joined with the University and completely reconstructed the stadium at a cost of over $300,000.

Additional seating and lights were obtained, new sod put down and a modern press box added. The Patriots, here for three seasons, played the first American Football League game in history on Friday night, September 9, 1960 against the Denver Broncos.

Nickerson Field was also the site of another first in professional football in 1983, as the Boston Breakers played their home games here during the initial season of the United States Football League. Other sports franchises that have called Nickerson home include the Boston Breakers of the WUSA from 2001-03 and the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse from 2004-06.

Originally providing a grass surface for the Boston Braves, Nickerson Field was one of the first collegiate facilities in 1968 to utilize Astroturf and then in 2001 had the distinction of becoming the first FIFA-certified field in the world with a modern infill-artificial turf. Fourteen years later, BU made the next advancement by changing the existing synthetic turf with GreenFields MX Trimension, utilizing a patented weaving technology.