Toyota Stadium (Kentucky)

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Toyota Stadium (Kentucky)
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Toyota Stadium
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Toyota Stadium
Toyota Stadium (the United States)
Location Georgetown, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°12′16″N84°32′44″W / 38.20444°N 84.54556°W / 38.20444; -84.54556
Owner Georgetown College
Capacity 5,000 (expandable to 20,000)
Opened1997 (1997)
Tenants
Georgetown College
Lexington SC (USL1) 2023–present
Scott County High School 1997–2018
Cincinnati Bengals (NFL training camp) 1997–2011

Toyota Stadium is a stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky, United States. It is the home field of Georgetown College's American football, soccer, and lacrosse teams. It also hosts Lexington SC of USL League One and USL W League and previously hosted the training camp for the Cincinnati Bengals. The stadium, which holds 5,000 and is expandable to 20,000, was built in 1997.

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It was also used by the local Scott County High School for home high school football games from 1997 until the opening of Great Crossing High School in 2019; the two high schools now share Great Crossing's football stadium. [1]

In 2023, Lexington SC played their inaugural season at Toyota Stadium. [2] At the end of the season, the team announced they would play the first half of the 2024 season at the stadium until a soccer-specific stadium was completed in Lexington [3]

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References

  1. Peck, Jared (August 22, 2019). "New school, new stadium, new challenges for football in Scott County". Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  2. "Lexington Sporting Club to play inaugural professional season at Georgetown College". LexSporting.com. Lexington SC. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  3. "LEXINGTON SPORTING CLUB ANNOUNCES NEW STATE OF THE ART STADIUM". LexSporting.com. Lexington SC. October 10, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2024.