City Stadium (Richmond)

City Stadium
Former names	City Stadium (1929–1983); University of Richmond Stadium (1983–2010)
Location	3201 Maplewood Avenue; Richmond, Virginia 23221
Public transit	4
Owner	City of Richmond
Capacity	22,611
Surface	Patriot Bermuda Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1929
Opened	1929
Construction cost	$80,000
Tenants
	Richmond Spiders (NCAA) (1929–2009); Richmond Rebels (ACFL/ConFL) (1964–1967); () (1967); Richmond Kickers (USL1) (1995–present); Richmond Kickers Future (PDL) (2002–2008); Richmond Kickers Destiny (WL) (2004–2009)

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 has been used by the Richmond Kickers of USL League One since 1995.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

University of Richmond Stadium served as the site of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship from 1995 to 1998. The venue broke an attendance record when 21,319^[5] visited the semifinals of the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, with matches between the Virginia Cavaliers and Duke Blue Devils, and the Portland Pilots and Wisconsin Badgers. For a time in the mid-2000s, the stadium also hosted Virginia's high school football state championship games.

Tobacco Bowl football game in 1949

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.^[6]

International soccer matches[]

Date	Competition	Team	Res	Team	Crowd
10 Nov 1996	1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifying	United States	2-0	Trinidad and Tobago	19,312
08 Jun 2003	Friendly	United States	2-1	New Zealand	9,116

References[]

^ [1]
^ City Stadium - Richmond Kickers Stadium Journey
^ "INNOVATION AND LOST OPPORTUNITIES ABOUNDED". CONTINENTAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE BOOSTER CLUB. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^ Fulp, Jack (18 October 1967). "Mustangs to visit area...". The Progress Index.
^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2015/2014attend.pdf
^ Rename game: Facility is again City Stadium after being UR Stadium^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Coordinates: 37°32′59″N 77°29′12″W / 37.549697°N 77.486781°W / 37.549697; -77.486781

Preceded by Richardson Stadium	Host of the College Cup 1995–1998	Succeeded by Ericsson Stadium

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[2] City Stadium - Richmond Kickers Stadium Journey

[3] "INNOVATION AND LOST OPPORTUNITIES ABOUNDED". CONTINENTAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE BOOSTER CLUB. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.

[4] Fulp, Jack (18 October 1967). "Mustangs to visit area...". The Progress Index.

[5] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2015/2014attend.pdf

[6] Rename game: Facility is again City Stadium after being UR Stadium^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t Richmond Spiders football
Venues	Tate Field (1891–1893, 1925–1928) (1894) Broad Street Park (1897–1916) (1917–1920) (1921–1924) City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Capital Cup (William & Mary) James Madison VMI
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1934 1941 1947 1955 1961 1965 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1975 1979 1980 1981 1982 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

v t Sports in Richmond, Virginia
Baseball	Double-A Northeast Richmond Flying Squirrels
Basketball	ABA Richmond Elite
Roller derby	WFTDA River City Rollergirls
Running	Monument Avenue 10K Richmond Marathon
Soccer	USL 1 Richmond Kickers Others Richmond Strikers Jefferson Cup
College athletics	NCAA Div. I Richmond Spiders VCU Rams NCAA Div. II Virginia Union Panthers
Venues (NCAA Div. I)	Arthur Ashe Athletic Center Belgian Building City Stadium The Diamond E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Hovey Field Malcolm U. Pitt Field Richmond Coliseum Richmond Raceway Robins Center Siegel Center Sports Backers Stadium

v t USL League One venues
Present	American Legion Memorial Stadium CHI Memorial Stadium DRV PNK Stadium Breese Stevens Field Legacy Early College Field Gillette Stadium Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Choctaw Stadium Werner Park City Stadium Eagle Field BMO Training Ground Kino Sports Complex
Future	Tormenta FC Stadium (2021) Future Legends Complex (2022)

Construction


Former names	City Stadium (1929–1983) University of Richmond Stadium (1983–2010)
Location	3201 Maplewood Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23221
Public transit	4
Owner	City of Richmond
Capacity	22,611^[1]
Surface	Patriot Bermuda Grass
Broke ground	1929
Opened	1929
Construction cost	$80,000
Tenants
Richmond Spiders (NCAA) (1929–2009) Richmond Rebels (ACFL/ConFL) (1964–1967) () (1967) Richmond Kickers (USL1) (1995–present) Richmond Kickers Future (PDL) (2002–2008) Richmond Kickers Destiny (WL) (2004–2009)