From 1966 to 1982, The Manning Bowl was home to Drum & Bugle Corps World Open Championship and drew large crowds.  In 2003, wedding bells ring inside Manning Bowl 'chapel' as two drum and bugle band members, Sara Farnham and Mike Corrigham, get married prior to East Coast Drum and Bugle Classic.  The City of Lynn is excited to be hosting The 2010 Beanpot Invitational Tournament of Drums in Manning Field.

The Manning Bowl opened on November 24, 1937 for the annual Thanksgiving Day football game between English and Classical. The stadium was not yet completed and was known only as Municipal Stadium. English defeated Classical 13-6 and Henry Pazik (father of future Major League pitcher Mike Pazik) scored the first touchdown in the stadium's history on a 33-yard pass play from
Joe McNulty.
The stadium was completed on June 21, 1938 and named for Mayor J. Fred Manning. The first football game held in the completed stadium was a night game between Peabody High School and Classical with Peabody winning 27-7.

In 1948, the city of Lynn became the first to televise high school football due to an arrangement with WNAC-TV in Boston.

The Harry Agganis All-Star Football Classic was played at the Manning Bowl from 1956–1959 and again from 1965-2003.
The final game played in the Manning Bowl was on November 25, 2004 and was the annual Thanksgiving Day game between English and Classical. English won the game 28-8. The final touchdown in Manning Bowl history was scored by Mike Orfanos on a 2-yard run.

Some notable concerts include; The Rolling Stones in 1966, Ray Charles in 1976, Mötley Crüe and Aerosmith in 1985

The first official event was a city-wide dance held on a specially made dance area in the end zone. This area was also used to show night time movies during the 1930s and 40s. The Manning Bowl hosted memorials following the deaths of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy

Manning Bowl was the former football and soccer stadium of Lynn before its demolition in 2004 and reconstruction of the new Manning Field in 2008.  Manning Bowl served as a home stadium for the Boston Yanks of the National Football League from 1944 to 1948, the Boston Rovers of the United Soccer Association in 1967, and the Bay State Titans of the Minor League Football System in 1990.

East Lynn Pop Warner, West Lynn Pop Warner and the Lynn Chargers Youth Football share the facility on fall weekends involving 1,000 youth football players and cheerleaders. The 2012 East Lynn A and C squad cheerleaders captured the National Championship in Orlando, Florida.

Each fall, the MIAA Soccer and Football Playoffs are contested at Manning Field. All North Final Soccer games and a portion of the EMASS Final Soccer Games are played there annually.

In recent years, Manning has hosted an EMASS Football Playoff Doubleheader on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In 2011, Lynn English played Everett and in 2012 St. Mary’s defeated Shawsheen Tech. In 2011, the facility also hosted 2 MIAA Super Bowls.

Drum & Bugle Corp shows returned to Manning Field in 2010 and are now an annual summer event with both the Beanpot Classic and the Mission of Drums.

Ted Williams -- the last of the .400 hitters -- and Johnny Pesky played here two games with the Boston Red Sox. In one game, a Lynn team actually beat the Red Sox 4-3.

The infield of historic Fraser Field is field turf while the outfield is natural grass. In late 2013, the existing artificial turf is scheduled to be replaced, and the new material will also include turfing all infield dirt areas except the mound.

Currently Fraser Field is home of the North Shore Navigators of the New England Futures League, which is a college level wood bat league (similar to the Cape Cod League.) The Navigators began play in 2008 and captured the championship of the New England College Baseball League in 2010.

Fraser Field is also home to the five Lynn High School Varsity Baseball teams: Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, St. Mary’s and KIPP Academy.

The Fisher College Falcons of Boston, under the direction of Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach Scott Dulin, also call Fraser field home.

In 2011, Fraser Field hosted the MIAA State Baseball Championships. Annually, Fraser hosts many state tournament games, as well as the Agganis Classic, the Massachusetts High School Coaches All Star Game and the Lynn Invitational.

In 2012, under new ownership by Salvi Sports Group and General Manager Bill Terlecky, the Navigators switched to the Futures League, reaching playoffs in their first season of competition in that circuit.

The 2013 Navigators will be managed by Peabody native Jon Cahill and the roster will include Lynn’s Kyle Devin and Saugus’ Riley McEachern. Front office staff includes Lynn’s Joe Gill and Ashley Laramie. Fraser Field is located next to the former Manning Bowl, which was razed and replaced with the new Manning Field in 2008.