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Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
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LocationAlbany, New York
OwnerUniversity at Albany, SUNY
OperatorUniversity at Albany, SUNY
Capacity8,500 (expandable to 24,000)
SurfaceFieldTurf
Construction
Broke groundApril 17, 2012[1]
OpenedSeptember 14, 2013[2]
Construction cost$24 million
ArchitectHeery International Inc.[1]
Services engineerClough, Harbour & Associates[1]
General contractorThe 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

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  • 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

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Football

Rank Attendance Date Game Result
1 9,052 October 8, 2016 16 Albany 30, 6 Richmond 363OT
2 8,919 October 21, 2017 Albany 10, Maine 12
3T 8,500 August 26, 2023 Albany 34, Fordham 13
3T 8,500 October 17, 2015 Albany 0, 25 Villanova 37
3T 8,500 October 10, 2015 Albany 7, Maine 39
3T 8,500 October 11, 2014 Albany 28, 22 Richmond 41
3T 8,500 October 19, 2013 Albany 17, 7 Towson 44
3T 8,500 September 14, 2013 Albany 13, Rhode Island 19OT
9 8,212 October 15, 2022 Albany 37, Hampton 38OT
10 8,144 September 11, 2021 Albany 14, Rhode Island 16
11 8,040 September 17, 2016 25 Albany 45, Holy Cross 28
12 8,019 September 28, 2024 21 Albany 20, Maine 34
13 7,763 October 19, 2019 Albany 35, Rhode Island 28
14 7,204 October 19, 2024 Albany 14, Elon 30
15 7,174 September 10, 2022 Albany 23, New Hampshire 28
16 7,071 September 30, 2023 Albany 31, 16 Villanova 10
17 7,029 October 20, 2018 Albany 28, 13 Towson 56
18 6,866 September 23, 2017 Albany 19, 7 Villanova 10OT
19 6,748 August 30, 2014 Albany 14, Holy Cross 13
20 6,503 September 15, 2018 Albany 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)
Rank Attendance Date Game Result Name of Event
1 6,472[5] May 13, 2017 8 seed Albany 15, UNC 12 1st Round - NCAA Tournament
2 4,823 April 18, 2015 8 Albany 12, 7 Yale 11 Spring Stomp
3 4,800 May 2, 2018 2 seed Albany 15, Richmond 9 1st Round - NCAA Tournament
4 4,044 March 31, 2018 1 Albany 13, Stony Brook 7
5 3,688 April 7, 2022 Albany 14, Syracuse 12
6 3,553 April 20, 2018 2 Albany 18, Binghamton 7
7 3,205 April 22, 2017 5 Albany 13, 12 Yale 12 Spring Stomp
8 3,093 April 12, 2017 6 Albany 11, 3 Maryland 12
9 2,715 March 4, 2018 1 Albany 11, Cornell 9
10 2,583 March 17, 2018 1 Albany 21, 14 Vermont 5

Non-UAlbany Events

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "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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