Dietz Stadium
| Location | Kingston, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°56′4.56″N 74°1′39.31″W / 41.9346000°N 74.0275861°WCoordinates: 41°56′4.56″N 74°1′39.31″W / 41.9346000°N 74.0275861°W |
| Owner | City of Kingston |
| Capacity | 1,500 |
| Surface |
Grass (1949–1978) AstroTurf (1979–2009) FieldTurf (2009–present) |
| Opened | 1949 |
| Tenants | |
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Kingston Colonials (Colonial/Can-Am) (1949–1951) Kingston High School Tigers (NYSPHSAA) (1952–present) Hudson Valley Highlanders (NAFL) (2008) Kingston Stockade FC (NPSL) (2016–present) | |
Robert Dietz Memorial Stadium is a football stadium in Kingston, New York. Dietz Stadium is the home field of the Kingston High School Tigers football team. It is named for Robert H. Dietz, a Medal of Honor recipient killed in World War II. Dietz was a Kingston native.
Track length
One lap on the track is 400 meters.
Kingston Colonials
Dietz Stadium was originally built as a football stadium for the local high school, but was repurposed to serve as the home of the revived Kingston Colonials, a Class B baseball team.
High school football
After the team folded in 1951,[1] the stadium was purchased by the City of Kingston for the Kingston City School District, and has served as a high school football stadium ever since.
Soccer
Dietz Stadium has been the home of Kingston Stockade FC since 2016. Stockade FC plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and won the North Atlantic White Conference Championship in 2017.
Professional football
The team served as the home stadium for the short-lived Hudson Valley Highlanders of the North American Football League; the team played only one season in 2008.