Bob Ford Field

Bob Ford Field
Construction
Bob Ford Field
Location	Albany, New York
Owner	University at Albany, SUNY
Operator	University at Albany, SUNY
Capacity	8,500 (expandable to 24,000)
Surface	FieldTurf
Broke ground	April 17, 2012^[1]
Opened	September 14, 2013^[2]
Construction cost	$24 million
Architect	Heery International Inc.^[1]
Services engineer	Clough, Harbour & Associates^[1]
General contractor	Whiting-Turner Contracting Company^[1]
Tenants
Albany Great Danes football team

Bob Ford Field is a football stadium in Albany, New York that is owned and operated by the University at Albany, SUNY and hosts the school's football team, as well as their soccer program. The stadium, with an initial seating capacity of 8,500, opened on September 14, 2013 when Albany made its debut in Colonial Athletic Association football against Rhode Island.^[2] It replaced University Field as the school's current stadium and is named after Bob Ford, who was head coach at Albany from 1970 until retiring at the end of the 2013 season.

Features

8,500-seats, including 629 chair-backs, bleachers, and a natural grass berm.
Daktronics scoreboard with a 39’ by 22’ high-definition video display and point-source sound system behind the south end zone.
Press level with four luxury suites, print media area, and booths for radio, television, coaches, and replay.

References

1 2 3 4 "University Breaks Ground for New Multi-Sports Complex, Launches $1 Million Challenge for Bob Ford Field". State University of New York at Albany. April 17, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
1 2 "UAlbany Football Announces Complete 2013 Schedule" (Press release). University at Albany Athletics. March 14, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.

External links

Bob Ford Field - University at Albany Athletics

Albany Great Danes football

Venues	University Field (1970–2012) Bob Ford Field (2013–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Stony Brook

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Football stadiums of the Colonial Athletic Association

Bob Ford Field (Albany)
Delaware Stadium (Delaware)
Rhodes Stadium (Elon)
Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison)
Morse Field at Alfond Stadium (Maine)
Cowell Stadium (New Hampshire)
Meade Stadium (Rhode Island)
E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (Richmond)
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Stony Brook)
Johnny Unitas Stadium (Towson)
Villanova Stadium (Villanova)
Zable Stadium (William & Mary)

College football venues in New York

Division I
FBS

ACC	Carrier Dome (Syracuse)

MAC	University at Buffalo Stadium (Buffalo)

Independent	Michie Stadium (Army)

Division I
FCS

CAA	Bob Ford Field (Albany) Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Stony Brook)

Ivy League	Schoellkopf Field (Cornell) Wien Stadium (Columbia)

Northeast	Wagner College Stadium (Wagner)

Patriot	Andy Kerr Stadium (Colgate) Coffey Field (Fordham)

Pioneer	Leonidoff Field (Marist)

Division II

Northeast Ten	Finnerty Field (Pace)

PSAC	Hickox Field (C. W. Post)

Division III

ECFC	Reinhart Field (Maritime College)

Empire 8	All Weather Field (Hartwick) Butterfield Stadium (Ithaca) Gaetano Stadium (Utica) Growney Stadium (St. John Fisher) Merrill Field (Alfred)

Liberty	'86 Field (RPI) Boswell Field (Hobart) Captain James Harvey Tomb Field (Merchant Marine) Fauver Stadium (Rochester) Frank Bailey Field (Union) Leckonby Stadium (St. Lawrence)

NESCAC	Steuben Field (Hamilton)

NJAC	Coyer Field (Buffalo State) Drake Field (Morrisville) Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium (Brockport) SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex (Cortland)

Yankee Stadium

Coordinates: 42°40′59.9″N 73°49′37.7″W / 42.683306°N 73.827139°W / 42.683306; -73.827139

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