George Mason Stadium is a 5,000-seat stadium in
Fairfax, Virginia
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on the campus of
George Mason University
George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...
. It serves as the home to George Mason's
soccer
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and
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...
teams.
The stadium hosted the first home game for the
Washington Bayhawks
The Chesapeake Bayhawks were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Annapolis, Maryland since 2010. They played in the greater Baltimore metro area beginning with the MLL's inaugural 2001 season, as the Balti ...
as a
Washington, D.C.
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-based franchise on May 12, 2007, with other games placed at Georgetown's
Multi-Sport Field. In 2008, George Mason Stadium hosted all but one Bayhawks home game.
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Venue information
George Mason Patriots soccer
Sports venues in Virginia
Sports venues in the Washington metropolitan area
Soccer venues in Virginia
Lacrosse venues in the United States
Former Major League Lacrosse venues
George Mason Patriots lacrosse
College soccer venues in the United States
College lacrosse venues in the United States
College track and field venues in the United States
George Mason Patriots track and field
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