Toyota Stadium is a
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Georgetown, Kentucky
Georgetown is a home rule-class city in Scott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 37,086 at the 2020 census. It is the 6th-largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the seat of its county. It was original ...
. It is primarily used for
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
, and is the home field of
Georgetown College
Georgetown College is a private Christian college in Georgetown, Kentucky. Chartered in 1829, Georgetown was the first Baptist college west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The college offers 38 undergraduate degrees and a Master of Arts in educat ...
and previously hosted (1997-2011) the
training camp A training camp is an organized period in which military personnel or athletes participate in a rigorous and focused schedule of training in order to learn or improve skills. Athletes typically utilise training camps to prepare for upcoming events, ...
for the
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The club's home ...
. The stadium, which holds 5,000 and is expandable to 20,000, was built in 1997.
It was also used by the local
Scott County High School for home high school football games from 1997 until the opening of
Great Crossing High School
Great Crossing High School is a public high school in Georgetown, Kentucky, United States that opened in August 2019. It is operated by Scott County Schools (SCS), which oversees all public K–12 education in Scott County, Kentucky
Scott Cou ...
in 2019; the two high schools now share Great Crossing's football stadium.
See also
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List of sports venues with the name Toyota
References
External links
Toyota Stadium page at Georgetown College's Athletics's website
Georgetown Tigers football
College football venues
American football venues in Kentucky
Buildings and structures in Georgetown, Kentucky
1997 establishments in Kentucky
Sports venues completed in 1997
Cincinnati Bengals
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