About Delaware Stadium
Delaware Stadium is a College Football stadium in Newark, Delaware. It opened in 1952. It seats 22,000. Its current tenant is Delaware Blue Hens (College Football), since 1955. By capacity it ranks 139th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 91st oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use and 92nd longest single tenancy (71 years) of the 100 longest on record.
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Location
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
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
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Delaware Blue Hens While based here: 58 seasons · 9-10 regular season in the 2 seasons with results on record · 1 postseason trip · 2026 in progress
College Football · 1955–present
C-USA 2025–2026 · Colonial 2007–2024 · Atlantic 10 Conference 2003–2004 · 4 earlier conferences · FBS (Division I-A)
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College Football | 1955–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.
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 Delaware Stadium?
The capacity of Delaware Stadium is 22,000.
When was Delaware Stadium built?
Delaware Stadium opened in 1952.
Who plays at Delaware Stadium?
Delaware Stadium is the home venue of Delaware Blue Hens.
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 9 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY): Photograph.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Union Street Park | 1884–1884 | 11 mi |
| Wilmington Park | 1940–1963 | 13 mi |
| Subaru Park | 2010– | 23 mi |
| Villanova Stadium | 1927– | 34 mi |
| Alumni Stadium | 1957– | 34 mi |
| Xfinity Mobile Arena | 1996– | 35 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.