University Field was a 10,000-seat

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. It was home to the

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Great Danes

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from its opening in 1970 until 2012. The stadium was demolished after the football team's final game; after a major renovation to upgrade the site's

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facilities, the site reopened in the fall of 2013 as the home for Albany's men's and women's teams in that sport. In the spring of 2012, Albany began construction on a new 8,500-seat football stadium as part of a new sports complex on campus. The stadium, eventually known as

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, opened for the 2013 season, replacing University Field as the home of Great Danes football. It will be expandable to 24,000.UNIVERSITY FIELD (FOOTBALL, TRACK & FIELD)
at ualbanysports.com, URL accessed October 7, 2009.

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