About Kessler Stadium
Kessler Stadium is a College Football stadium in West Long Branch, New Jersey. It opened in 1993. It seats 4,000. Its current tenant is Monmouth Hawks (College Football), since 2015. By capacity it ranks 236th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 202nd oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use. It has also been known as Kessler Field (1993–2016).
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Venue Information
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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Monmouth Hawks While based here: 10 seasons
College Football · 2015–present
Colonial 2023–2026 · Big South Conference 2015–2021 · FCS (Division I-AA)
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College Football | 2015–present |
Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Kessler Stadium?
The capacity of Kessler Stadium is 4,000.
When was Kessler Stadium built?
Kessler Stadium opened in 1993.
Who plays at Kessler Stadium?
Kessler Stadium is the home venue of Monmouth Hawks.
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
Kessler Stadium
2017 - Present
CurrentKessler Field
1993 - 2016
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wagner College Stadium | 1967– | 24 mi |
| Thompson Stadium | 24 mi | |
| St. George Cricket Grounds | 1886– | 25 mi |
| Ebbets Field | 1913–1958 | 27 mi |
| Washington Park | 1883–1922 | 27 mi |
| Eastern Park | 1890– | 28 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
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