Boxer Stadium, Sports stadium in Balboa Park, San Francisco, United States.
Boxer Stadium features a natural grass field measuring 100 by 65 meters with concrete bleachers providing seating for approximately 3,500 spectators during soccer and rugby matches.
Originally constructed and opened in 1953 as Balboa Park Soccer Stadium with a construction cost of roughly $150,000, concrete bleachers were added following a bond measure passed in November of that year.
The stadium carries the name of Matthew J. Boxer, a former president of the San Francisco Soccer Football League, whose name was given to the venue in the 1990s. The league itself is over a century old and uses Boxer as its primary home, keeping a long local soccer tradition alive.
Located at 166 Havelock Street, the stadium offers basic amenities including restrooms and limited street parking, with field reservations managed by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department up to two weeks in advance.
Boxer Stadium served as the main venue for the 1982 Gay Games and hosted 16 USA Eagles international rugby matches between 1996 and 2000, including test matches against Canada, Japan, and Wales.
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