Bosse Athletic Field at 1701 N. Main St./23 Don Mattingly Way. Bosse Field opened in 1915 and was the first municipally owned sports facility in the United States. Only Boston's Fenway Park (1912) and Chicago's Wrigley Field (1914) are older than Evansville's Bosse Field. (http://www.visitevansville.com/attractions/bosse-field) The stadium was built by the school board of Evansville at a cost of $75,000. It is oval shaped and a giant concrete grandstand extends halfway around the field with a seating capacity of 8,000.