Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium

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Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
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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 groundApril 17, 2012 [1]
OpenedSeptember 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
Albany Great Danes women's soccer team
Albany Great Danes women's field hockey 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 men's soccer, women's soccer, and women's field hockey programs. 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.

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Attendance records

Football

RankAttendanceDateGame Result
19,052October 8, 201616 Albany 30, 6 Richmond 363OT
28,919October 21, 2017Albany 10, Maine 12
3T8,500August 26, 2023Albany 34, Fordham 13
3T8,500October 17, 2015Albany 0, 25 Villanova 37
3T8,500October 10, 2015Albany 7, Maine 39
3T8,500October 11, 2014Albany 28, 22 Richmond 41
3T8,500October 19, 2013Albany 17, 7 Towson 44
3T8,500September 14, 2013Albany 13, Rhode Island 19OT
98,212October 15, 2022Albany 37, Hampton 38OT
108,144September 11, 2021Albany 14, Rhode Island 16
118,040September 17, 201625 Albany 45, Holy Cross 28
128,019September 28, 202421 Albany 20, Maine 34
137,763October 19, 2019Albany 35, Rhode Island 28
147,204October 19, 2024Albany 14, Elon 30
157,174September 10, 2022Albany 23, New Hampshire 28
167,071September 30, 2023Albany 31, 16 Villanova 10
177,029October 20, 2018Albany 28, 13 Towson 56
186,866September 23, 2017Albany 19, 7 Villanova 10OT
196,748August 30, 2014Albany 14, Holy Cross 13
206,503September 15, 2018Albany 30, Morgan State 27

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)

Highest attendance at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium (Lacrosse Only)
RankAttendanceDateGame ResultName of Event
16,472 [5] May 13, 20178 seed Albany 15, UNC 121st Round - NCAA Tournament
24,823April 18, 20158 Albany 12, 7 Yale 11Spring Stomp
34,800May 2, 20182 seed Albany 15, Richmond 91st Round - NCAA Tournament
44,044March 31, 20181 Albany 13, Stony Brook 7
53,688April 7, 2022Albany 14, Syracuse 12
63,553April 20, 20182 Albany 18, Binghamton 7
73,205April 22, 20175 Albany 13, 12 Yale 12Spring Stomp
83,093April 12, 20176 Albany 11, 3 Maryland 12
92,715March 4, 20181 Albany 11, Cornell 9
102,583March 17, 20181 Albany 21, 14 Vermont 5

Non-UAlbany Events

Since 2021 Tom & Mary Casey Stadium has hosted the Premier Lacrosse League(PLL). In 2022 and 2023 the university has hosted the leagues training camp and opening weekend to the tour based schedule. In 2024 the league announced that teams would be given "home cities" and the New York Atlas (lacrosse) would be based out of Albany and Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. The addition of home cities and conferences brought slight changes to the schedule. Every team has one weekend where they are the home team and play a weekend doubleheader.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "University Breaks Ground for New Multi-Sports Complex, Launches $1 Million Challenge for Bob Ford Field". State University of New York at Albany. April 17, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "UAlbany Football Announces Complete 2013 Schedule" (Press release). University at Albany Athletics. March 14, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ "After $10 million gift, UAlbany names facility Tom and Mary Casey Stadium". Albany Times Union. October 8, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Possible NCAA record attendance for UAlbany lacrosse game – the Daily Gazette". May 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Albany knocks off defending champs UNC in NCAA tournament first round | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

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