Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium

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Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium
Address1745 Cleveland Avenue
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
United States
Coordinates 44°59′40″N93°11′19″W / 44.99444°N 93.18861°W / 44.99444; -93.18861
Owner University of Minnesota
Operator University of Minnesota Athletics
Type Stadium
Capacity 1,000
Record attendanceSoccer: 1,758 [1]
Construction
Opened1999;25 years ago (1999)
Construction cost$2,1 million
Tenants
Website
gophersports.com/soccer-robbie-stadium

Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located in Falcon Heights on the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. It is primarily used as the home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers' women's soccer team. The stadium opened in 1999 and seats 1,000. [1]

The stadium is named after Elizabeth Lyle Robbie, who became the first female owner of a professional sports franchise in the United States after she purchased the Miami Toros team in the mid-'70s. [2] [3] [4] Lyle was also the wife of Joe Robbie, former owner of the Miami Dolphins. The Robbie family was originally from South Dakota, but lived a number of years in Minneapolis. [5] Elizabeth was the first female owner of a professional sports franchise in the United States, as she owned the Miami Toros / Minnesota Strikers soccer team in the 1970s and 1980s. [1] [4]

Prior to Robbie Stadium, the school played home games from 1993 to 1998 at the "St. Paul Campus Soccer Field", also located in Falcon Heights.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium". University of Minnesota Golden Gophers . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. SOCCER STADIUM DEDICATION ON SUNDAY on Gohopersports.com, 25 Sep 1999
  3. Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on visitsaintpaul.com
  4. 1 2 ELIZABETH ROBBIE'S CHARACTER on The Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov 1991
  5. Joe Robbie, el visionario que expandió el football en el sur de Florida by LUIS F. SÁNCHEZ on Diario Las Américas - 24 Jan 2020