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 The stadium in 2009 | |
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| Location | Clemson, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°40′54″N 82°50′20″W / 34.68167°N 82.83889°W |
| Owner | Clemson University |
| Operator | Clemson University |
| Capacity | 6,500 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1915 |
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| Website | |
| clemsontigers.com/riggs-field | |
Riggs Field is a 6,500-capacity soccer-specific stadium located in Clemson, South Carolina. The stadium is home to the Clemson Tigers men's and women's soccer teams. It has also hosted the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship in 1987. The stadium opened for soccer in 1980, and was renovated in 1987, and again in 2013. Previous to this, it hosted a variety of the school's athletic teams, including the football team from 1915 until 1941 and the baseball team from 1916 until 1969. It is named after Walter Riggs, the former coach of the football team and president of Clemson (1910–1924).[1] Riggs Field is the fifth oldest collegiate athletic facility in the nation.[2]
As first laid out in 1915, the football field, surrounded by a cinder track was at the east end of Riggs Field, tennis courts were in the center section, and the baseball diamond was at the west end of the space. A new baseball field was later laid out on an area of campus separate from the previous sports complex, and expanded tennis facilities replaced the former diamond. Riggs Field now generally only refers to the eastern portion where the football team played until 1941. The cinder track was eliminated during the remodeling as a soccer venue. It is now referred to as "Historic Riggs Field".
- ^ Grubb, C. Alan (1988), McKale, Donald M.; Reel, Jerome V (eds.), "The Master Executive: Walter Merritt Riggs 1910-1924", Tradition: A History of the Clemson Presidency, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, ISBN 0-86554-296-1
- ^ "Historic Riggs Field Renovation Update". Clemson Tigers. Retrieved August 10, 2016.