DiSanto Field
{{short description|College football/multipurpose stadium}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = DiSanto Field
| image =
| location = 1747 E 118th St, Cleveland, OH 44106
| coordinates = {{coord|41|30|48.4|N|81|36|13.1|W|type:landmark|display=it}}
| broke_ground =
| opened = August 2005
| renovated =
| closed =
| demolished =
| owner = Case Western Reserve University
| operator = Case Western Reserve University
| surface = FieldTurf
| construction_cost = $126 million USD
| architect = Goody Clancy
| former_names = Finnigan Fields, Case Field
| tenants = Case Western Reserve Spartans—football, soccer, track and field (NCAA) (2005–present)
AFC Cleveland (NPSL) (2014)
Cleveland Fusion (WFA) (2014)
| seating_capacity = 2,400
| record_attendance =
| publictransit = {{rail-interchange|cleveland}} East 115th Street
Little Italy–University Circle
|}}
DiSanto Field, on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, is a 2,400-seat multi-purpose football stadium home to the Case Western Reserve Spartans football, men's and women’s soccer and men's and women's track and field teams.
The press box includes the Coach Bill Edwards president's suite, named after the College Football Hall of Fame inductee coach.{{Cite web|url=http://issuu.com/cwruathletics/docs/cwru_football_media_guide_updated|title=2015 Case Western Reserve Football Media Guide|date=28 August 2015 }} In 2008, the eight-lane track surrounding the field was named Coach Bill Sudeck Track.
The Case Western Reserve Spartans football team played its first home game in the new stadium on September 10, 2005, defeating the Denison Big Red 20-6.{{Cite web|url=http://www.d3football.com/teams/Case_Western_Reserve/2005/index|title=Case Western Reserve}}
Renovation history
In 2014, the Wyant Field House opened, which included the 4500-square foot Steve Belichick Varsity Weight Room, gifted by Bill Belichick in honor of his father.{{Cite web|author=McIntyre Michael K.|website=Cleveland.com|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2012/12/bill_belichick_makes_donation.html|title=Bill Belichick makes donation to Case Western Reserve University field house project to honor his father, Steve: Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff|date=3 December 2012}}
In 2017, the field was resurfaced with FieldTurf Revolution 360 fiber and an EcoSense EPDM (ethylene propylene diene) fill.{{cite web|url=http://athletics.case.edu/general/2016-17/releases/20170518ix0tuh|title = CWRU Athletics to Resurface DiSanto Field, Nobby's Ballpark & Mather Park this Summer|date = 18 May 2017}}
Draft Day
In the 2014 movie, Draft Day, DiSanto Field stood in for Camp Randall Stadium of the Wisconsin Badgers.{{Cite web|author=Bona, Marc|website=Cleveland.com|url=http://www.cleveland.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/04/draft_day_gives_case_western_r.html|title = 'Draft Day' gives Case Western Reserve University's DiSanto Field a cameo in Kevin Costner-starring film|date = 9 April 2014}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017021103/http://athletics.case.edu/facilities/disanto_field DiSanto Field]
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