Welcome Stadium

Opened in 1949

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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Photo of Welcome Stadium
Photo by Wswbaker. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

11,000

Source: Wikipedia

Year Opened

1949

Location

Dayton, Ohio 45409

Elevation

729 ft

222 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.

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Teams

Home seasons at Welcome Stadium by team, 1949–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.
Team League Years
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
  1. Home venue unknown 1923–1948
  2. Welcome Stadium 1949–present
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.

Location

Coordinates: 39.7367, -84.1981
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Nearby Venues

VenueYearsDistance
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

Read more on Wikipedia

Teams on Wikipedia

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.

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