Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium is a football stadium in Albany, New York, owned and operated by the University at Albany, SUNY and hosts the school's footballteam, as well as their soccer program. The stadium, with an initial seating capacity of 8,500 (originally called Bob Ford field, named after Bob Ford, who was head coach at Albany from 1970 until retiring at the end of the 2013 season, with the playing field still called that) opened on September 14, 2013, when Albany made its debut in Colonial Athletic Association football against Rhode Island.[2] It was renamed Bob Ford Field at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium in 2015 after Tom & Mary Casey gave a $10 million gift to the school.[3] It replaced University Field as the school's current stadium.
Features
8,500 seats, including 629 chair-backs, bleachers, and a natural grass berm.
Daktronics scoreboard with a 39’ by 22’ HD video display and point-source sound system behind the south end zone.
Press level with four luxury suites, print media area, and booths for radio, television, coaches, and replay.
Attendance records
Football
Rank
Attendance
Date
Game Result
1
9,052
October 8, 2016
16 Albany 30, 6 Richmond 363OT
2
8,919
October 21, 2017
Albany 10, Maine 12
3T
8,500
October 17, 2015
Albany 0, 25 Villanova 37
3T
8,500
October 10, 2015
Albany 7, Maine 39
3T
8,500
October 11, 2014
Albany 28, 22 Richmond 41
3T
8,500
October 19, 2013
Albany 17, 7 Towson 44
3T
8,500
September 14, 2013
Albany 13, Rhode Island 19OT
8
8,144
September 11, 2021
Albany 14, Rhode Island 16
9
8,040
September 17, 2016
25 Albany 45, Holy Cross 28
10
7,763
October 19, 2019
Albany 35, Rhode Island 28
11
7,029
October 20, 2018
Albany 28, 13 Towson 56
12
6,866
September 23, 2017
Albany 19, 7 Villanova 10OT
13
6,748
August 30, 2014
Albany 14, Holy Cross 13
14
6,503
September 15, 2018
Albany 30, Morgan State 27
15
6,412
September 21, 2013
Albany 17, Central Connecticut 20
16
6,384
September 16, 2017
Albany 28, Monmouth 14
17
6,309
September 24, 2016
22 Albany 20, Saint Francis 9
18
6,227
September 26, 2015
Albany 17, Duquesne 14
19
6,081
September 12, 2015
Albany 35, Rhode Island 7
20
6,044
November 16, 2013
Albany 20, 23 New Hampshire 37
Due to growing popularity and national recognition of lacrosse, the first-ever Albany Great Danes men's lacrosse game was held at Bob Ford Field on April 18, 2015. It was the first time since March 10, 2007 that a top-10 matchup was held in the Capital District, with #4 UAlbany defeating #10 Delaware 13–7. Since then, multiple top-25 in the nation games have been held there. The official seating capacity for lacrosse at Casey Stadium is 6,394.[4]
Most home lacrosse games are played next door at John Fallon Field (Max-Capacity 2,500)
Highest attendance at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium (Lacrosse Only)
Since 2021 Tom & Mary Casey Stadium has hosted the Premier Lacrosse League(PLL). In 2022 and 2023 the university has hosted the leagues training camp and opening weekend to the tour based schedule. In 2024 the league announced that teams would be given "home cities" and the New York Atlas (lacrosse) would be based out of Albany and Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. The addition of home cities and conferences brought slight changes to the schedule. Every team has one weekend where they are the home team and play a weekend doubleheader.
