Greater Zion Stadium, originally Hansen Stadium and later Trailblazer Stadium, is a

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on the campus of

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. It is primarily used for

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, and is the home field of the

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football and

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programs. The stadium holds 10,500 people. In 2002 and 2003, it hosted the Paradise Bowl which was a post season

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all-star game. After the seating expansion in 2017, Greater Zion Stadium became the largest stadium in the southern portion of Utah. MLS

club

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played their first match at Hansen Stadium on March 29, 2007, versus the BYU soccer club which, at the time, played as a minor league professional club and not in a collegiate league. Plans include the vision that Hansen Stadium will become the Southern Utah "home" stadium for RSL when visiting the area and practicing in warm weather environments in pre-season. Bands of America currently holds the St. George,

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Regional Championship at Greater Zion Stadium. The competition was moved from

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and the UNLV's

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to St. George in 2009, with the American Fork Marching Band winning the first competition there. It was held in St. George again in 2010. The stadium was most recently renamed on January 21, 2020, under an agreement between the university and Washington County, Utah, whose tourism promotion agency is branded as the Greater Zion Convention & Tourism Office.

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