Welcome Stadium

Welcome Stadium
Location 1601 South Edwin C. Moses Boulevard
Dayton, OH 45417
Coordinates 39°44′12″N 84°11′53″W / 39.73667°N 84.19806°W / 39.73667; -84.19806Coordinates: 39°44′12″N 84°11′53″W / 39.73667°N 84.19806°W / 39.73667; -84.19806
Capacity 11,000[1]
Opened 1949
Tenants
Dayton Flyers football (NCAA D-I) (1974–present)
Aviation Bowl (NCAA) (1961)
Dayton Dynamo (NPSL) (2016–present)
2008

The Welcome Stadium is an 11,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Dayton, Ohio, United States, owned and operated by the Dayton Public Schools. Primary tenants of the facility include University of Dayton' Flyers football team and the Dayton Dynamo of the National Premier Soccer League. The stadium features a large video board.

History

It opened in 1949, and is home to all of the city's high schools. Since 1974, it has also been home to the Dayton Flyers football team. It hosted the 1961 Aviation Bowl and the Ohio High School State Track and Field finals for the years 19992003. It hosted the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Men's division in 1953 and 1957 the Women's division in 1963 and 1969. It also hosts Ohio's High School (OMEA) marching band finals in late October, early November. Soccer club Dayton Dynamo were tenants.

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