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| Former names | City Park Stadium (1937–1956) |
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| Location | City Park, New Orleans |
| Owner | New Orleans City Park |
| Operator | New Orleans City Park |
| Capacity | 26,500 |
| Surface | GameDay Grass fromAstroTurf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1935 |
| Opened | 1937 |
| Renovated | 2006 |
| Construction cost | $560,000 (1937) |
| Architect | Richard Koch and the firm ofWeiss, Dreyfous and Seifert |
| Tenants | |
| LHSAA (football/soccer/track and field) (1937–present) New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) (1958–1959) New Orleans Privateers (track and field) Tulane Green Wave (track and field) Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets (track and field) New Orleans Privateers (football) (1965–1968, 2008–2011) New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (USL A-League) (1996–1997) New Orleans Thunder (RFL) (1999) Tulane Green Wave (football) (2002–2004, 2008) New Orleans Blaze (WFA) (2002–2011) New Orleans Jesters (PDL) (2008) New Orleans Jazz F.C. (SFL) (2011) | |
Tad Gormley Stadium (originallyCity Park Stadium) is a 26,500 seat multi-purpose outdoor stadium, located inCity Park, inNew Orleans,Louisiana.[1]
The stadium is home to theUniversity of New OrleansPrivateers men's and women'strack and field teams.[2] TheTulane UniversityGreen Wave men's and women's track and field teams also host track meets at the stadium. TheXavier University men's and women's track and field teams also use the stadium as its home venue. It is also frequently used forLouisiana High School Athletic Associationfootball games,soccer matches andtrack and field meets.[3]
The stadium features GameDay Grass MT fromAstroTurf, a 400-meter all-weather track, three locker rooms, a press box seating 110, and press suite seating for 40.[1]
Tad Gormley Stadium was built by theWorks Progress Administration (WPA) during theGreat Depression and completed in 1937.[4] It has been used forbaseball,football,soccer, andtrack and field.
In 1957, the stadium was renamed Tad Gormley Stadium in honor of athletic trainer and coachFrank "Tad" Gormley.[4]
In 2005,Hurricane Katrina flooded the stadium, along with parts of New Orleans.[5] It remained structurally sound, but required major repairs to the electrical and plumbing systems along with the playing field. In 2006, running backReggie Bush was drafted by theNew Orleans Saints. He donated over $80,000 to repair the playing field. In acknowledgement of his generosity, Tad Gormley Stadium's playing field was renamed Reggie Bush Field.[5]
In its early years, the stadium would host high school football games in front of sellout crowds with standing-room only crowds surrounding the playing field. The record for attendance was set in 1940 when 34,345 spectators attended a game betweenJesuit High School of New Orleans andHoly Cross High School of New Orleans.[4]
The stadium has also hostedLouisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) state championship football games. The last Class AAAA championship game (largest classification until 1991) held in the stadium was on December 10, 1971 whenBrother Martin High School defeatedNew Orleans Catholic League rivalSt. Augustine High School 23–0 in front of 25,000.[6][7] The last title game in the facility was in 1975, whenJohn Curtis High School defeatedNotre Dame High School of Crowley 13–12 for the Class AA title.[8]
TheUniversity of New OrleansPrivateers' club football team played in the stadium from 1965 to 1968 and again from 2008 to 2011. TheTulane Green Wave football team played fourhomecoming games and one non-conference game at the stadium in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008.[9]
AfterHurricane Katrina, the first event held at the newly renovated stadium was anLHSAA high school prep-football game on September 21, 2006 pittingBrother Martin High School versusL. W. Higgins High School.[5]
The stadium was home to theNew Orleans Pelicans (baseball) team from 1958 to 1959, after the closing ofPelican Stadium in 1957. On April 6, 1969, theNew York Mets andMinnesota Twins played a doubleheader at the stadium.[10]
On March 28, 1982 the stadium hosted aWorld Cup tune-up match for theHonduras National Team against theTampa Bay Rowdies of theNorth American Soccer League.[11] The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[12]
TheNew Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of theUSL A-League played in the stadium from 1996 to 1997.[13] On March 25, 2007,C.D. Olimpia played theNew England Revolution in an international friendly at Gormley Stadium.[14] In 2008, Tad Gormley hosted select New Orleans Shell Shockers (later renamedNew Orleans Jesters) home soccer matches.[15]
The stadium hosted another international friendly match on February 4, 2012 betweenMajor League Soccer'sChicago Fire Soccer Club and Honduran soccer clubReal C.D. España.[16]
The U.S. Soccer Women's national team played the Brazil Women's national team at Tad Gormley Stadium on July 13, 2003 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The U.S. defeated Brazil 1-0.
Tad Gormley played host to the1992 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials for the1992 Summer Olympic games held inBarcelona, Spain.[17] The stadium hosted the1998 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[18]
Tad Gormley Stadium has also hosted concerts by many famous artists, includingAlice Cooper,The Beatles,Eric Clapton,Journey,Pearl Jam,Rage Against the Machine,Ramones,The Rolling Stones andZZ Top among others.[9][19][2]
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