Alumni Field

Opened in 1893

Several venues share the name “Athletic Park”. See all of them.

About Alumni Field

Alumni Field is recorded as a College Football stadium in Golden, Colorado. It opened in 1893. Its recorded capacity is 4,000. Its only tenant was Colorado Mines (College Football, 1902–1952). It has also been known as Athletic Park (1893–1922).

Venue Information

Capacity

4,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1893

Location

Golden, Colorado 80403

Elevation

5,705 ft

1,739 m above sea level

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Teams

Home seasons at Alumni Field by team, 1893–1952. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Colorado Mines While based here: 49 seasons College Football · 1902–1952 Rocky Mountain Conference 1910–1952 · Independent 1902–1909 · Small College	College Football	1902–1952

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Alumni Field?

The capacity of Alumni Field is 4,000.

When was Alumni Field built?

Alumni Field opened in 1893.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.

Historical Names

Alumni Field

1923 - Present

Current

Athletic Park

1893 - 1922

Location

Coordinates: 39.7531, -105.2275

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
McNichols Sports Arena	1975–1999	11 mi
Mile High Stadium	1948–2001	11 mi
Empower Field at Mile High	2001–	11 mi
Ball Arena	1999–	12 mi
Denver Auditorium Arena	1908–1990	12 mi
Coors Field	1995–	12 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Colorado Mines

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.