Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Arena da Juventude
Inside view at a 2005 game
Data
place	550 Taylor Avenue Annapolis , Maryland
Coordinates	38 ° 59 '6 "  N , 76 ° 30' 25.2"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 59 '6 "  N , 76 ° 30' 25.2"  W.
owner	Naval Academy Athletic Association
operator	United States Naval Academy
start of building	1958
opening	September 26, 1959
Renovations	2004
surface	FieldTurf
costs	3.1 million US dollars
architect	360 Architecture
capacity	34,000 seats
Societies)
Navy midshipmen Chesapeake Bayhawks Crystal Palace Baltimore (2007)
Events
1984 Summer Olympics NHL Stadium Series 2018 Military Bowl

The Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is a stadium on the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis in the US -Bundesstaat Maryland . Opened in 1959, it is the home of the Navy Midshipmen teams in American football and lacrosse and the Chesapeake Bayhawks , who play in major league lacrosse . The stadium is also the venue for the Military Bowl .

The stadium opened on September 26, 1959 with a 29-2 win over the College of William & Mary . The current seating capacity is 34,000. The stadium's attendance record is 38,792, which was set in a game on October 7th in 2017. Before 1959, the college teams played their home games at Thompson Stadium , which had a capacity of 12,000.

As part of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , the stadium hosted a number of soccer games . In April 2018, DC United played a regular league game against Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer .

The 2018 NHL Stadium Series took place at the stadium on March 3rd. In this open-air game, the Washington Capitals competed against the Toronto Maple Leafs in front of 29,516 spectators.

In 2004 the stadium was renovated.

Until 2005 the pitch was made of natural grass , before the start of the soccer season 2005 it was replaced by FieldTurf .

Games during the 1984 Olympics

date	encounter			Result	spectator
July 29, 1984	France	-	Qatar	2: 2	29,240
July 30, 1984	Yugoslavia	-	Cameroon	2: 1	15,010
July 31, 1984	Chile	-	Qatar	1-0	14,508
August 1, 1984	Yugoslavia	-	Canada	1-0	20,000
2nd August 1984	Chile	-	France	1: 1	28,114
3rd August 1984	Iraq	-	Yugoslavia	2: 4	24,430

Web links

• Navy Sports.com
• World Stadiums.com
• Ballparks.com