Full name | Fitton Football Stadium |
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Address | 1 College St. |
Location | Worcester, MA 01610 |
Coordinates | 42°14′29.6″N 71°48′35.9″W / 42.241556°N 71.809972°W |
Owner | College of the Holy Cross |
Operator | College of the Holy Cross |
Capacity | 23,500 (1986-present)[1] |
Record attendance | 27,000[1] |
Surface | Kentucky bluegrass (2016-present)[1] |
Construction | |
Opened | September 26, 1908[1] |
Renovated | 1912; 1924; 1986; 2016[1] |
Expanded | 1912, 1924, 1986 |
Tenants | |
Holy Cross Crusaders (NCAA) 1908–present[1] |
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.