Borchert Field

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Borchert Field, known at various times as Athletic Park, Brewer Field, and Borchert's Orchard, was a baseball park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The home field for several professional baseball clubs from 1888 through 1952, it also hosted two football teams: the Milwaukee Badgers from 1922 to 1926 and the Green Bay Packers in 1933. The stadium became obsolete after the construction of County Stadium in 1953 and was demolished later that year. After serving as a recreational area for a decade, Interstate 43 was built on top of it. The park was built on a rectangular block in a residential area, bounded by four streets. Home plate was at the south end, with the outfield bounded by the outer fence, making fair territory home-plate-shaped, with short fields in left and right and very deep power alleys, a configuration used by a number of ballparks of the era that were constrained by a narrow block. The ballpark was redeveloped in 1910 to include a new grandstand, bleachers, outfield seats, a scoreboard, and a locker room. Lighting was also added in 1935 to allow for night games. At its peak, counting standing room tickets, the ballpark could hold about 18,000 spectators.

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