Waldo Stadium

Opened in 1939

About Waldo Stadium

Waldo Stadium is a College Football stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It opened in 1939. It seats 30,200. Its current tenant is Western Michigan Broncos (College Football), since 1939. By capacity it ranks 105th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 71st oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use and 64th longest single tenancy (87 years) of the 100 longest on record.

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Venue Information

Capacity

30,200

Source: Wikidata

#105 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1939

#68 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007

Elevation

796 ft

243 m above sea level

#78 highest in College Football of 242

Operator

Western Michigan University

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 Waldo Stadium by team, 1939–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Western Michigan Broncos While based here: 72 seasons · 376-332-7 regular season in the 65 seasons with results on record · 12 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1939–present MAC 1959–2026 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1917–1938 Waldo Stadium 1939–present	College Football	1939–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.