Stagg Field is an athletic field on the campus of

Springfield College Springfield College is a private college in Springfield, Massachusetts. It confers undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is known as the birthplace of basketball because the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor J ...

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. With bleacher seating for 3,867, is it the home field for Springfield College's

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, and men's and women's

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team. It is also used for physical education classes and intramural sports. The Springfield College men's and women's

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teams formerly played on the field. Featuring the first Astroturf12 surface in the nation to be installed on a college playing field, it is plowable and used year-round. The field is lighted according to

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(NCAA) standards for night games and has a heated and air conditioned press box. The field open in 1971 as Benedum Field. It was renamed in October 2007 in honor of

Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American athlete and college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football. He served as the head football coach at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfie ...

, who came to Springfield College—then known as then known as International YMCA Training School—and initiated the school's football program. The field was resurfaced with "monofilament FieldTurf" during the summer of 2007. Stagg Field stands on the site of the college's previous athletics stadium, Pratt Field.

Events hosted

* 1995 NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Championship

References

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