Ten teams have played at Evansville, Indiana's Bosse Field. From 1921 to 1922, it was used as the home of Evansville Crimson Giants of the NFL (I will write about them later this week, I'd never heard of them.)
Baseball Hall of Famers Hank Greenberg, Chuck Klein, Ed Roush and Warren Spahn played there as well as the wonderful Bob Uecker. I saw the Chicago White Sox had their AA team, the Evansville White Sox, of the Southern league there from 1966-1968.
From the Evansville Otters site:
Original construction costs: $10,000 for 10 acres on the southeast corner of Garvin Park; $50,000 for materials and labor and $5000 for city fees. It was built as a school board project (the first municipally-owned athletic facility in the U.S.).
Seating capacity is 7,180. A crowd of 8,082 was on hand for opening day 1915. Bcak then, box seats were 75 cents, grandstand 50 cents and bleachers 25 cents.
Dimensions are 315 feet down the left and right field lines and 415 to center. In 1931, the first night game was played at the field and 1971 was when beer sales were allowed.
A Beer and a Ball Game. Sounds Like An Idea. --Cooter
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