Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy, Massachusetts)

Veterans Memorial Stadium is a multipurpose outdoor stadium in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built from 1937-1938 under the Works Progress Administration,[1] it seats 5,000 spectators[2] for football, soccer and lacrosse. The stadium underwent a $1.2 million renovation in 2006, including accessibility improvements and new synthetic turf as well as making the stadium usable as a lacrosse and soccer field,[3] and another $1.5 million renovation in 2018, adding extra capacity and a large electronic video board.[4] It is the home field of Quincy High School athletics, namely football and soccer. The grounds have most notably held the annual intracity Thanksgiving Day Game between QHS and NQHS, dubbed by SI.com as one of the best in America,[5] since 1932.

Veterans Memorial Stadium
Location850 Hancock Street
Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
Capacity5,000
Openedaround 1937/38
83 years ago
Tenants
Quincy H.S. Football (1932−2017, 2019−present)[lower-alpha 1]
N. Quincy H.S. Football (1932−2017)
Boston Minutemen (NASL) (1976)
Boston Rams (PDL) (2012−2015)
Boston Cannons (MLL) (2019−present)

Throughout the 1960s, the Boston Patriots played several preseason intra-squad scrimmages for charity at the stadium.

In 1976 it served as a home stadium for the Boston Minutemen of the North American Soccer League.[6]

As of 2019, the stadium is home of the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.[7] The first game in the stadium was played on June 1, 2019, against the New York Lizards.

References
  1. Due to the renovations during the 2018-19 school year, Quincy High's home field was moved to North Quincy's Creedon Field for the season.
  1. "Veterans Memorial Stadium - Quincy MA - Living New Deal".
  2. "Boston Cannons Excited to Start Season at New Stadium".
  3. Monique Walker, "Quincy's renovated stadium finally open for business", The Boston Globe, October 12, 2006  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  4. "Boston Cannons Excited to Start Season at New Stadium".
  5. Mravic, Mark. "Thanksgiving at Its Best".
  6. "Minutemen to Play 9 at Vet's Stadium, Quincy", Nashua Telegraph, May 1, 1976.
  7. Boston Cannons and City of Quincy announce partnership

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