Stoll Field

Opened in 1916

About Stoll Field

Stoll Field is a former name of Stoll Field/McLean Stadium, used 1916–1923. Stoll Field/McLean Stadium was a College Football stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. It opened in 1916 and closed in 1972. Its last recorded capacity was 37,000. Its only tenant was Kentucky Wildcats (College Football, 1916–1972). On our ranked lists it ranks 187th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

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187th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
91st shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
67th shortest-lived of 110 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years

Venue Information

Capacity

37,000

Source: Wikipedia

Year Opened

1916

Year Closed

1972

Location

Lexington, Kentucky

Elevation

954 ft

291 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 Stoll Field by team, 1916–1972. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Kentucky Wildcats While based here: 56 seasons · 252-250-30 regular season · 4 postseason trips College Football · 1916–1972 SEC 1933–1972 · Southern 1922–1932 · Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1916–1921 · University Division Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1895–1915 Stoll Field/McLean Stadium 1916–1972 Kroger Field 1973–present	College Football	1916–1972

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Stoll Field?

The capacity of Stoll Field is 37,000.

When was Stoll Field built?

Stoll Field opened in 1916.

Where did the Kentucky Wildcats play after Stoll Field?

After leaving Stoll Field in 1972, the Kentucky Wildcats moved to Kroger Field in 1973.

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: Coordinates (compiled by VenueStats; no outside source was kept for this point), Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity.