O'Shaughnessy Stadium is a

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in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is the home of the St. Thomas Tommies

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and track and field teams, in addition to various intramural sports. The stadium opened in 1948 and is named for Ignatius O'Shaughnessy, an alumnus of St. Thomas and a donor to the school. The stadium was most recently renovated in 2017 with the addition of a new field turf surface and track surface. The seating capacity of the stadium is 5,025, though its record attendance was 12,483, achieved on September 14, 2014 during a football game against Saint John's.

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