Commonwealth Stadium

Opened in 1973

About Commonwealth Stadium

Commonwealth Stadium is a former name of Kroger Field, used 1973–2016. Kroger Field is a College Football stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. It opened in 1973. It was designed by HNTB. It seats 61,000. Its current tenant is Kentucky Wildcats (College Football), since 1973. By capacity it ranks 42nd of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 154th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use.

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Venue Information

Capacity

61,000

Source: Wikidata

#42 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1973

#145 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Lexington, Kentucky 40546

Elevation

1,007 ft

307 m above sea level

#51 highest in College Football of 242

Architect

HNTB

Operator

University of Kentucky

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.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Commonwealth Stadium by team, 1973–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Kentucky Wildcats While based here: 54 seasons · 273-332-5 regular season · 19 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1973–present SEC 1973–2026 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1895–1915 Stoll Field/McLean Stadium 1916–1972 Kroger Field 1973–present	College Football	1973–present

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.