Municipal Stadium (Daytona Beach)

Municipal Stadium
Larry Kelly Field

Municipal Stadium

BCU Wildcats Football game at Municipal Stadium
Location 3777 LPGA Boulevard
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
Owner City of Daytona Beach, Florida
Operator City of Daytona Beach, Florida
Capacity 9,601[1]
Surface Artificial turf
Construction
Broke ground 1987
Opened September 2, 1988[2]
Construction cost $6 million[2]
($12 million in 2016 dollars[3])
Tenants
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (NCAA)
Mainland High School Football
Daytona Beach Racers (SFL) (2011)

Municipal Stadium, a 9,601-seat multi-purpose stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcat football team. It is also used to host home games for the Mainland High School and Seabreeze High School football teams. The stadium is also known as Larry Kelly Field,[4] a name honoring former Daytona Beach Mayor Lawrence J. Kelly. The facility was built in 1988.

Until the end of the 2009 Bike Week season, the stadium hosted the AMA Flat Track motorcycle championships during Daytona Beach Bike Week. When the city took the track down as part of changes to the stadium, those races moved to a new dirt track at Daytona International Speedway.[5]

In 2008 and 2009 the stadium was the location of the Florida Football Alliance annual "Alliance Bowl" season championship game. It was held in Jacksonville for the 2010 season while Municipal Stadium underwent surface replacement. The Alliance Bowl is scheduled to return in 2011.

From 2014 to 2016, the stadium hosts the NAIA National Championship game. In 2014, Southern Oregon claimed the title with a 55-31 win over Marian. Marian got revenge over Southern Oregon with a 31-14 win in 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Bethune-Cookman College Directory". The Sports Network. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Denise O'Toole (August 29, 1988). "New Municipal Stadium Shines". The News-Journal.
  3. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ Central Florida Sports Venues at OrlandoSports.org
  5. ↑

Coordinates: 29°10′23″N 81°7′3″W / 29.17306°N 81.11750°W / 29.17306; -81.11750


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