Klöckner Stadium
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| Klöckner Stadium | |
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| Location | Copeley Rd Charlottesville, VA 22904 |
| Opened | August, 1992 |
| Owner | University of Virginia |
| Operator | University of Virginia Department of Athletics |
| Surface | Prescription Athletic Turf |
| Construction cost | $1.2 million |
| Architect | VMDO Architects |
| Tenants | Virginia Cavaliers (Men's & Women's Soccer and Lacrosse) |
| Capacity | Grandstand: 3,600 Total: 8,000 |
Klöckner Stadium is home to four nationally recognized sports programs — the University of Virginia men's and women's soccer in the fall and men's and women's lacrosse teams in the spring. The stadium was designed by VMDO Architects and built in 1992 at a cost of $3.4 million, and its naming rights were awarded to the Klöckner Group of Germany, for $1.2 million. The Virginia men's soccer team won National Championships in the first three years they played at Klöckner, and including the year prior the string of national titles was four in a row. They have gone on to win numerous ACC Championships while making Klöckner their home, including the most recent two (2003 and 2004).
Additionally, both Virginia lacrosse teams have won National Championships while at Klöckner — 1999,2003,2006 for the men, as well as 1993 and 2004 for the women (who were also national runners-up in 2005 and 2007). The fourth team playing on this field, women's soccer, participated in the 2001 Final Four.
The stadium has fast become a landmark for soccer in the United States. Only thirteen years old, Klöckner Stadium has already played host to twenty-seven NCAA Tournament soccer matches, including seven in Quarterfinal rounds. It is also the site of United States Soccer Federation events and United States National Soccer Team Olympic qualifiers.
The largest soccer crowd to see a game at Klöckner Stadium was on September 28, 2007 when 7,906 fans watched an ACC game against Virginia Tech. The largest lacrosse crowd was seen on April 12, 2008, when a game against Duke University attracted the stadium capacity, 8000 spectators. As at Scott Stadium, some spectators sit or stand in the grassy areas behind each goal, as well as in the bleachers.
During the 2006 soccer season, a video board was installed at Klöckner Stadium. It debuted on September 27 during a men's soccer game between Virginia and American.
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