Alumni Field (Colorado School of Mines)

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Alumni Field

Former names	Athletic Park (1893–1922), Brooks Field (1922–2010), Campbell Field (2010–2022)
Location	Golden, Colorado
Coordinates	39°45′11″N 105°13′39″W / 39.75306°N 105.22750°W / 39.75306; -105.22750
Owner	Colorado School of Mines
Operator	Colorado School of Mines
Capacity	4,000
Surface	Turf
Construction
Broke ground	February 1893
Opened	May 20, 1893
Architect	William "Cement Bill" Williams (1922–24 grandstands)
Tenants
Colorado School of Mines Orediggers (1893–present) Colorado Summit (2022-present)

Alumni Field, officially Alumni Field at Marv Kay Stadium, is an American college football stadium located in Golden, Colorado. The stadium serves as the home field of the Colorado Mines Orediggers football team representing the Colorado School of Mines. Alumni Field is one of the oldest football fields in existence, the oldest west of the Mississippi River and the oldest in NCAA Division II.^[1] Originally it was a dirt surface all-purpose athletic field in exactly its current configuration, built within a clay pit, a fitting mined-out home for the Orediggers. Its first athletic contest, held on May 20, 1893, was the first annual Colorado Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Field Day, featuring many athletic contests between the University of Colorado, Colorado A&M, Colorado School of Mines, and the University of Denver, in which Mines claimed the most medals. Its first football game took place on October 7, 1893, a 6-0 Mines victory over the University of Denver. It has been home to the football Orediggers through all but the first five seasons of their existence (their previous home were the now-destroyed grounds at the southeast corner of 19th and Illinois streets in Golden), and has been renovated several times throughout its existence. The field was originally called Athletic Park, renamed Brooks Field after Mines trustee and benefactor Ralph D. Brooks in 1922. It was renamed Campbell Field after 1939 undefeated team member and benefactor Harry D. Campbell in 2010, and finally named Alumni Field in 2022. Alumni Field is the oldest football field in the west, the oldest in NCAA Division II football and the 5th oldest college football field in the nation.