Tad Gormley Stadium, Multi-purpose stadium in City Park, New Orleans, United States
Tad Gormley Stadium is a 26,500-seat open-air multi-purpose stadium in City Park, New Orleans. Its field is GameDay Grass MT from AstroTurf, renamed Reggie Bush Field in 2006, and it has a 400-meter all-weather track, three locker rooms, a press box seating 110 and press suite seating for 40. It is home to the LSU New Orleans Privateers track and field teams.
This venue was built by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression and completed in 1937. The project represented a public works initiative during a time when communities needed infrastructure and employment.
The stadium holds records for high school football attendance, with 34,345 spectators gathering for the 1940 match between Jesuit and Holy Cross.
The stadium sits inside City Park, with the 400-meter all-weather track and AstroTurf GameDay Grass MT field used by LSU New Orleans, Tulane and Xavier track teams as well as LHSAA football and soccer. The press box seats 110 and the press suite 40. Check which team or school has the venue booked before planning a visit.
The playing field is named Reggie Bush Field: after Hurricane Katrina flooded the stadium in 2005, the New Orleans Saints running back donated over $80,000 toward its repair in 2006. The stadium also hosted the 1992 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials and the 1998 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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