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Location
  
Washington, D.C.

Surface
  
Fieldturf

Phone
  
+1 202-687-4692

Opened
  
2005

Operator
  
Georgetown University

Capacity
  
2,500

Owner
  
Georgetown University

Cooper Field

Former names
  
Harbin Field (1994–2005) Multi-Sport Field (2005–2015)

Architect
  
Hughes Group Architects

Address
  
37th St NW & O St. NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA

Construction cost
  
22 million USD (project not completed)

Teams
  
Georgetown Hoyas football, Georgetown University Rugby Football Club

Similar
  
McDonough Gymnasium, Shirley Povich Field, Healy Hall, Riggs Library, Georgetown University Astronom

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Cooper Field (formerly known as Harbin Field or Multi-Sport Field) is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. on the campus of Georgetown University. The field was originally used for intramurals and was adopted for soccer in 1994 as Harbin Field. The name was changed to "Multi-Sport Field, a placeholder pending final construction, to reflect the football team's use of the field starting in 2003. In 2015, Georgetown changed the name to Cooper Field in honor of a $50 million gift from Peter and Susan Cooper which funded athletic leadership programs at Georgetown and construction upgrades to the field.

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Unfinished Construction

The field has been awaiting further construction since 2005, when work was halted on completing permanent bleachers and other facilities. As a result, it remains the smallest stadium in all of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision or Football Championship subdivisions.

Several of the school athletics teams play home games there, including the Hoyas football team, the men's and women's lacrosse teams, the women's field hockey team, and the Georgetown University Rugby Football Club. The professional Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse used the field for most of their games during the 2007 season. Lights were installed on the field in early 2009. The surface is artificial, made of FieldTurf.

References

Cooper Field Wikipedia