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Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium

Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium

Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Location	Albany, New York
Owner	University at Albany, SUNY
Operator	University at Albany, SUNY
Capacity	8,500 (expandable to 24,000)
Surface	FieldTurf
Construction
Broke ground	April 17, 2012[1]
Opened	September 14, 2013[2]
Construction cost	$24 million
Architect	Heery International Inc.[1]
Services engineer	Clough, Harbour & Associates[1]
General contractor	The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company[1]
Tenants
Albany Great Danes football team Albany Great Danes men's soccer team

Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium is a football stadium in Albany, New York, owned and operated by the University at Albany, SUNY and hosts the school's football team, as well as their soccer program. The stadium, with an initial seating capacity of 8,500 (originally called Bob Ford field, named after Bob Ford, who was head coach at Albany from 1970 until retiring at the end of the 2013 season, with the playing field still called that) opened on September 14, 2013, when Albany made its debut in Colonial Athletic Association football against Rhode Island.^[2] It was renamed Bob Ford Field at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium in 2015 after Tom & Mary Casey gave a $10 million gift to the school.^[3] It replaced University Field as the school's current stadium.

Features[edit]

• 8,500 seats, including 629 chair-backs, bleachers, and a natural grass berm.
• Daktronics scoreboard with a 39’ by 22’ HD video display and point-source sound system behind the south end zone.
• Press level with four luxury suites, print media area, and booths for radio, television, coaches, and replay.

Attendance records[edit]

Football

Due to growing popularity and national recognition of lacrosse, the first-ever Albany Great Danes men's lacrosse game was held at Bob Ford Field on April 18, 2015. It was the first time since March 10, 2007 that a top-10 matchup was held in the Capital District, with #4 UAlbany defeating #10 Delaware 13–7. Since then, multiple top-25 in the nation games have been held there. The official seating capacity for lacrosse at Casey Stadium is 6,394.^[4]

Most home lacrosse games are played next door at John Fallon Field (Max-Capacity 2,500)

See also[edit]

• List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium - University at Albany Great Danes

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