964145_1000749902 52386.jpgThis Press Herald photograph from the spring of 1948 shows Portland Stadium, today known as Fitzpatrick Stadium, set up as a baseball field for the Portland Pilots’ opening day.

PORTLAND, ME - NOVEMBER 26: Colin O'Leary, 7, the water boy for the Portland high football team, watches the 104th annual Deering vs. Portland Thanksgiving Day football game at Fitzpatrick Stadium Thursday, November 26, 2015. (Photo by Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer)

An November 2015 photograph shows fans in the stands during the annual Thanksgiving Day high school football game between Deering and Portland. A construction project in April of last year replaced the grass field with artificial turf.

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