Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
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. 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. It replaced University Field as the school's current stadium.
Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium | |
Location | Albany, New York |
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Owner | University at Albany, SUNY |
Operator | University at Albany, SUNY |
Capacity | 8,500 (expandable to 24,000) |
Surface | FieldTurf |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 17, 2012 |
Opened | September 14, 2013 |
Construction cost | $24 million |
Architect | Heery International Inc. |
Services engineer | Clough, Harbour & Associates |
General contractor | The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company |
Tenants | |
Albany Great Danes football team Albany Great Danes men's soccer team |