 Barron Stadium | |
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| Location | 301 West 3rd Street, Rome, Georgia, 30165 |
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| Coordinates | 34°15′25″N 85°10′37″W / 34.257013°N 85.17698232°W |
| Owner | Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority |
| Operator | Rome City School District |
| Capacity | 6,500 |
| Surface | AstroTurf[1] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1924 |
| Tenants | |
| Shorter University (NCAA) Rome High School (GHSA) | |
Barron Stadium is a 6,500-seat football field and track & field stadium in Rome, Georgia. It is home to the Shorter University Hawks and Rome High School Wolves football teams. The facility hosted the NAIA Football National Championship from 2008-13 and the NCCAA Victory Bowl in 2013-14, as well as the NCCAA track championships from 2014-16.
Barron Stadium is owned by the Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority (RFPRA), a city-county partnership, and has been operated by the Rome City School District since 2015. For usage, it cost Shorter University $7,500 in 2012 to host its home football games as part of a three-year, $321,000 contract that included football, track & field, other sports, events, and the school's commencement exercises. Rome High School paid $5,000 per game for its home football games at that time. The RFPRA provides staffing for athletic events and pays for facility maintenance.[2]
- ^ "Barron Stadium gets AstroTurf". Polk Fish-Wrap. July 30, 2010. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Shorter will pay RFPRA more to use Barron Stadium". Rome News-Tribune. September 22, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2014.