917 E. Mifflin St., Madison, Wisconsin. County/parish: Dane.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 03, 2015. NRIS 15000502.
3 contributing structures.
Breese Stevens Municipal Athletic Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Located eight blocks northeast of the Wisconsin State Capitol on the Madison Isthmus, it is the oldest extant masonry grandstand in Wisconsin.
The field is named in honor of Breese J. Stevens (1834–1903), a mayor of Madison and a University of Wisconsin–Madison regent, on the wishes of his widow, who sold the land to the city. The complex was designated as a Madison Landmark in 1995 and was accepted for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The venue currently seats nearly 5,000, which can be expanded to 9,333 for concerts.
It is home to the USL League One soccer team Forward Madison FC; the USL W League soccer team Rally Madison FC; Madison East High School teams; the semi-professional Ultimate frisbee team Madison Radicals; and the Madison 56ers amateur soccer team. It has hosted Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's girls' soccer tournaments and an exhibition match of Australian football. In its history, the field has also hosted ice skating, boxing, wrestling, lacrosse, track and field, midget car racing, rodeos, circuses, drum and bugle corps competitions, concerts, and fraternal and religious gatherings.
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