Larry Kelly Field | |
) BCU Wildcats Football game at Municipal Stadium | |
 | |
| Location | 3777 LPGA Boulevard Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 |
|---|---|
| Owner | City of Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Operator | City of Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Capacity | 15,000[3] |
| Surface | Artificial turf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1987 |
| Opened | September 2, 1988[1] |
| Construction cost | $6 million[1] ($13 million in 2019 dollars[2]) |
| Tenants | |
| Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (NCAA) Mainland High School Football Daytona Beach Racers (SFL) (2011) Daytona Rush SC (USL2) (2019–present) | |
Daytona Stadium,[4] is a 9,601-seat multi-purpose stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida built in 1988 and home to the Bethune–Cookman University Wildcats football team . It is also used to host home games for the Mainland High School and Seabreeze High School football teams. The stadium is also known as Larry Kelly Field,[5] a name honoring former Daytona Beach Mayor Lawrence J. Kelly.
History
Until the end of the 2009 Bike Week season, the stadium hosted the AMA Flat Track motorcycle championships during Daytona Beach Bike Week. When the city took the track down as part of changes to the stadium, those races moved to a new dirt track at Daytona International Speedway.[6]
In 2008 and 2009 the stadium was the location of the Florida Football Alliance annual "Alliance Bowl" season-championship game. It was held in Jacksonville for the 2010 season while Municipal Stadium underwent surface replacement. The Alliance Bowl returned in 2011.
From 2014 to the present, the stadium has hosted the NAIA National Championship football game. In 2014, Southern Oregon claimed the title with a 55–31 win over Marian. Marian got revenge over Southern Oregon with a 31–14 win in 2015.
See also
- List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
References
- ^ a b Denise O'Toole (August 29, 1988). "New Municipal Stadium Shines". The News-Journal.
- ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- ^ https://daytonastadium.com
- ^ "DME Academy announces name change, other renovations to Municipal Stadium". The Daytona Beach New Journal. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ Central Florida Sports Venues at OrlandoSports.org Archived 2009-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]
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