Fitton Field

Fitton Field
The venue photographed in 2024
Fitton Field is located in Massachusetts
Fitton Field
Fitton Field
Location within Massachusetts
Full nameFitton Football Stadium
Address1 College St.
Worcester, MA
United States
Coordinates42°14′29.6″N 71°48′35.9″W / 42.241556°N 71.809972°W / 42.241556; -71.809972
OwnerCollege of the Holy Cross
OperatorHoly Cross Athletics
TypeStadium
Capacity23,500 (1986–present)[1]
Record attendance27,000[1]
SurfaceKentucky bluegrass (2016–present)[1]
Current useFootball
Construction
OpenedSeptember 26, 1908; 116 years ago (1908-09-26)[1]
Renovated1912; 1924; 1986; 2016[1]
Expanded1912, 1924, 1986
Tenants
Holy Cross Crusaders (NCAA) 1908–present[1]
Website
goholycross.com/fitton-field

Fitton Field is a football stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts, primarily used for College of the Holy Cross sporting events. The stadium opened in 1908 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. Before that, most games were played on the adjoining baseball field. The stadium has a capacity of 23,500.[1]

Named after Reverend James Fitton, who donated land to the Archdiocese of Boston to found the college, it is an irregularly shaped three-sided horseshoe on the edge of the college's campus.[1] The northern football stands are shorter than the southern due to Interstate 290 being adjacent to the field.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Fitton Field". GoHolyCross.com. College of the Holy Cross. July 31, 1999. Retrieved August 18, 2018.