Two planes flew a salute over the opening football game in 1931, and nearly a century later a professional soccer club has made the same ground its home. Fitzpatrick Stadium at 239 Park Avenue in Portland, Maine - not Oregon - is the city's 6,000-seat multi-purpose stadium, sitting in the civic sports campus that also holds Hadlock Field, the Portland Exposition Building and Troubh Ice Arena, across Deering Avenue from Deering Oaks Park. Built in 1930-31 as Portland Stadium on the footprint of old Richardson Field, it opened before 7,000 fans for a Portland High versus Deering High football game and has anchored the city's school sport ever since. The minor-league Portland Pilots played baseball here in the late 1940s, winning a 1949 championship, and lights arrived in 1986 after a community fundraising drive. In 1989 the city renamed the stadium for James J. Fitzpatrick, the semi-pro ballplayer who spent a legendary coaching career at Portland High. The modern era added a professional tenant: Portland Hearts of Pine of USL League One made Fitzpatrick their home from the club's 2025 debut, after upgrade negotiations between club and city brought the venue to league standards. Soccer nights have given the old bowl a new supporters-section culture, with the skyline of Maine's largest city rising beyond the end line. Between pro fixtures the stadium works relentlessly: Portland High Bulldogs football, field hockey and soccer in the fall, lacrosse and track in the spring on the city's only public eight-lane track, state championship dates across sports, and community events through the year. The multipurpose turf and aluminum bleachers keep the operation simple and durable. Getting there is easy by Portland standards - the lot off Deering Avenue plus street parking covers most nights, METRO buses stop close by, and Deering Oaks' farmers market and the Forest Avenue food stretch make the pre-game. It is small-city sports infrastructure at its best: a 1930s stadium still earning its keep every week.

Type: Stadium / Arena

Address: 239 Park Ave., Portland, OR, United States, 04102

Capacity: 6000

Opening Date: 01/10/1931

Outdoor Area

Accessible