Illinois Field is a baseball venue in Champaign, Illinois, home to the University of Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team. It is located in the sports complex at the University of Illinois and is south of Kirby Avenue, just west of where Kirby Avenue becomes Florida Avenue (i.e. the Champaign-Urbana border). It is a short distance east of Assembly Hall and Memorial Stadium.
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