University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field

University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field

The University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field, is a 18,500-capacity stadium located in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, near the state capitol building complex. It features a FieldTurf playing field for football and facilities for track and field competitions.

The stadium was finished in 1979, as a complete rebuild of a previous facility. It is owned by Kanawha County Schools . In 2003, because the Board lacked funds to maintain the stadium, it entered into a joint venture with the private University of Charleston to rename the field and permit its use for a revived football team for that school, in return for the college funding repairs and improvements. These improvements included replacing the AstroTurf surface with FieldTurf in the summer of 2005.

The stadium is home to the West Virginia Chaos soccer team, the University of Charleston Golden Eagles, Capital High School and George Washington High School football and track, and multiple middle school and community teams. It hosts the state high school track and field championships. It also hosts the Daily Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival at the end of September of each year. The University of Charleston has established school football attendance records with crowds of nearing 10,000 during each of the past two seasons.


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