Richardson Stadium is a
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Davidson, North Carolina.
It is home to the
Davidson Wildcats football
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, lacrosse, and track and field teams.
The stadium incorporates both Stephen B. Smith Field and Irwin Belk Track. Richardson Stadium has a capacity for 6,000 people.
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It has also hosted the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship
The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champ ...
on three occasions from 1992 to 1994. Every autumn the stadium acts as the start and finish of the Davidson freshman Cake Race
Numerous Georgia Tech legends and traditions have been established since the school's opening in 1888, some of which have persisted for decades. Over time, the school has grown from a trade school into a large research university, and the tradit ...
, where incoming students run a course around the college in competition for cakes baked by inhabitants of the local community. The facility opened in 1926 after being donated to the college by Lunsford Richardson Jr., Davidson class of 1914, and his brother Henry Smith Richardson, Davidson class of 1906, in memory of their father, Lunsford Richardson Sr., Davidson class of 1875. It was later renovated in 1998 and again in 2005 with the latter providing upgraded amenities including expanded seating, a new press box, weight room, and visitor's locker room.
See also
* List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
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Athletics (track and field) venues in North Carolina
College football venues
College track and field venues in the United States
College lacrosse venues in the United States
Davidson Wildcats football
Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States
Lacrosse venues in North Carolina
Soccer venues in North Carolina
Sports venues in North Carolina
Sports venues in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
1923 establishments in North Carolina
Sports venues completed in 1923
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