Sea Foam Stadium

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Sea Foam Stadium
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Sea Foam Stadium
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Sea Foam Stadium
Location in the United States
Address281 Hamline Ave. N
Location Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°57′01″N93°09′29″W / 44.9504°N 93.158°W / 44.9504; -93.158
Owner Concordia University, Saint Paul
OperatorConcordia University, Saint Paul
Capacity 3,500
SurfaceField: Sprinturf (artificial)
Track: Beynon 10mm full pour [1]
Construction
Opened2009
Construction costInitial: $8 million [1]
($11.4 million in 2023 dollars [2] )
Projected final: $14.5 million [3]
($20.6 million in 2023 dollars [2] )
Tenants
Concordia Golden Bears football, women's soccer, men's & women's track & field (2009–)
Fire SC 98 (WPSL) [4]
Minnesota Wind Chill (UFA) (2019-) [5] Minnesota Vixen (WFA)

Sea Foam Stadium is the football field on the campus of Concordia University, Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [6] It opened in 2009, and seats about 3,500 spectators. The Stadium includes a football/soccer field with artificial turf, running track, scoreboard, lights, bleachers, parking, concession facilities, locker rooms, weight room, press box, outdoor plaza, and inflatable dome, somewhat resembling a marshmallow, during the winter months. As of August 2023, the stadium has a Daktronics videoboard and speaker on the north end-zone.

The stadium cost a total of $14.5 million to construct [3] and is named so because of a $5 million donation by Sea Foam Sales Company. [7]

The stadium also hosts the Ultimate Frisbee Association's (UFA) Minnesota Wind Chill, who have been playing their home games at Sea Foam since 2019. [8] Most noticeably, it was the location of the Central Division Championship game of the 2024 (UFA) season, where the Wind Chill defeated the Madison Radicals 23-14, [9] eventually leading that season to win the UFA Championship.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Sea Foam Stadium". The Official Athletics Website of the Concordia University, St. Paul Golden Bears. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  2. 1 2 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Don Jacobson (March 22, 2009). "Hot property: Sea Foam Stadium". StarTribune. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. "Sea Foam Stadium". Fire SC 98. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  5. https://www.windchilltalk.com/post/minnesota-s-rising-ultimate-frisbee-team
  6. "Home of the Concordia University, St. Paul Golden Bears". Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  7. "Facilities".
  8. https://www.windchilltalk.com/post/minnesota-s-rising-ultimate-frisbee-team
  9. https://www.watchufa.com/windchill/game/2024-08-10-MAD-MIN


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