Ahearn Field

Ahearn Field

Location	Manhattan, Kansas
Owner	Kansas State
Operator	Kansas State
Capacity	Unknown
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	April 15, 1911
Closed	1922
Construction cost	$10,000
Tenants
Kansas State

Ahearn Fieldwas the first on-campus athletic field forKansas State UniversityinManhattan, Kansas.It was used from 1911 to 1922 by thefootball team,baseball team,and track team.It was named in honor of former coachMike Ahearn.

The field opened with a high school track competition held on April 15, 1911.

Before Ahearn Field, Kansas State's athletic teams used an open public square in Manhattan located at Bluemont Avenue and 8th Street, known informally as Athletic Park.A covered wooden grandstand was built at the Athletic Park in 1906, along with a small locker room.These structures were both transported to Ahearn Field in 1911 and used at the new site.The grandstand was located at the south end of the field, facing north (approximately the current location of the K-State Alumni Center).

Memorial Stadiumwas opened at the same site in 1922, at which time the alignment of the football field was shifted from east–west to north–south, and the old grandstand was removed.As late as 1938 the new field was still referred to as Ahearn Field at Memorial Stadium.