BASD Stadium | |
Full name | Bethlehem Area School District Stadium |
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Location | 1115 Linden Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18018 |
Coordinates | 40°37′47″N 75°22′24″W / 40.6297°N 75.3734°W |
Owner | Bethlehem Area School District |
Operator | Bethlehem Area School District |
Capacity | 16,000 (14,000 seated) |
Surface | FieldTurf |
Scoreboard | Daktronics |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1938 |
Built | 1938-1939 |
Opened | 1939 |
Renovated | 2005, 2016-2018 |
General contractor | Bethlehem Steel |
Main contractors | Works Progress Administration |
Tenants | |
Liberty High School, Freedom High School |
Bethlehem Area School District Stadium, or BASD Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It is one of Pennsylvania's largest high school stadiums, seating up to 14,000 and occupying up to 16,000 including the stadium's standing room section and is the home stadium for three large Bethlehem-based Eastern Pennsylvania Conference public high schools, Liberty High School, Freedom High School, and Bethlehem Catholic High School.[1]
The stadium, which was built in 1939 by Bethlehem Steel, has been described as "a local football mecca."[2]