Welch Stadium | |
Location | Emporia, Kansas |
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Owner | Emporia State University |
Operator | Emporia State University |
Capacity | 7,000 |
Surface | RamTurf |
Opened | 1937 |
Tenants | |
Emporia State football Emporia High School football |
Francis G. Welch Stadium, also known as Jones Field at Welch Stadium or Welch Stadium, is a sport stadium in Emporia, Kansas. The facility is primarily used by the Emporia State University football and track & field teams and Emporia High School football. It is named to honor long-time Emporia State coach and athletic director Fran Welch.[1] The facility was one of the first on the NCAA Division II level to offer enclosed skyboxes and is still one of only a few across the nation.[2]