About Welcome Stadium
Welcome Stadium is a College Football stadium in Dayton, Ohio. It opened in 1949. It seats 11,000. Its current tenant is Dayton Flyers (College Football), since 1949. By capacity it ranks 203rd of 256 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 90th oldest of 368 stadiums and arenas still in use and 80th longest single tenancy (77 years) of the 102 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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Dayton Flyers While based here: 46 seasons · 187-191-8 regular season in the 38 seasons with results on record · no postseason trips · 2026 in progress
College Football · 1949–present
Independent 1950–1978
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College Football | 1949–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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Welcome Stadium?
The capacity of Welcome Stadium is 11,000.
When was Welcome Stadium built?
Welcome Stadium opened in 1949.
Who plays at Welcome Stadium?
Welcome Stadium is the home venue of Dayton Flyers.
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): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 5 m of this point).
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity.
Location
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Triangle Park | 1.6 mi | |
| Yager Stadium | 1983– | 32 mi |
| Miami Field | 1896–1982 | 32 mi |
| Cincinnati Gardens | 1949–2016 | 41 mi |
| Corcoran Stadium | 43 mi | |
| Burnet Woods | 45 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.