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City Stadium (Richmond)

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Location
  
Richmond, Virginia

Owner
  
City of Richmond

Broke ground
  
1929

Phone
  
+1 804-289-8388

Public transit
  
4

Surface
  
Patriot Bermuda Grass

Capacity
  
22,611

City Stadium (Richmond)

Former names
  
City Stadium (1929–1983) University of Richmond Stadium (1983–2010)

Address
  
3201 Maplewood Ave, Richmond, VA 23221, USA

Similar
  
Legion Stadium, MUSC Health Stadium, Ramblewood Soccer Complex, Highmark Stadium, Titan Soccer Complex

City stadium richmond top 6 facts


City Stadium is a sports stadium in Richmond, Virginia. It is owned by the City of Richmond and is located south of the Carytown district off the Downtown Expressway. The stadium was built in 1929 and seats approximately 22,000 people. It is used by the Richmond Kickers of the United Soccer League since 1993.

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The stadium was used by the University of Richmond for American football from 1929 to 2009. The University of Richmond's final home football game at the stadium was played on December 5, 2009 against Appalachian State University in the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

From 1964 through 1967, the stadium was home to the Richmond Rebels of the Atlantic Coast Football League and the Continental Football League. The Rebels left the Continental Football League in 1967 to become the Richmond Mustangs of the United American Football League.

University of Richmond Stadium served as the site of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship from 1995-1998. For a time in the mid-2000s, the stadium also hosted Virginia's high school football state championship games.

Naming

The stadium was known as City Stadium until 1983, when it adopted the name University of Richmond Stadium or UR Stadium as part of an agreement, in which the University of Richmond agreed to lease the stadium for $1 per year in exchange for maintaining the facility. The facility's name reverted to City Stadium in 2010 when the University of Richmond ended its tenancy and moved its football games to its new on-campus E. Claiborne Robins Stadium.

References

City Stadium (Richmond) Wikipedia