University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware Stadium (Tubby Raymond Field) was completed in 1952 and after renovations in 2020 and 2021, came the addition of the Whitney Athletic Center. Delaware Stadium is home to the Blue Hens football team as well as both the Blue Hens men's and women's lacrosse programs since 2010.
The stadium served as a host site of NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse tournament competition four times, most recently in 2017 for the Men's Division I Lacrosse Quarterfinals. The 18,000-seat stadium is the second largest in the CAA and one of the largest in the nation in FCS football.
Delaware Stadium has undergone extensive renovations throughout the years, including the installment of a new synthetic FieldTurf surface that was installed in July, 2017. Also included in the renovations were new bleachers, eight poles of permanent broadcast-quality lights (2000), and handrails installed throughout the stadium seating areas (2011). The most recent renovation was the addition of a new Daktronics videoboard in the north end zone.
In 2002, the Delaware Stadium playing surface was dedicated as Tubby Raymond Field, recognizing Delaware's College Football Hall of Fame head coach who retired following the 2001 season after compiling 300 victories in 36 seasons. Raymond passed away in December, 2017.
Other events held in the stadium include the annual Blue-Gold Delaware High School Football All-Star game and University of Delaware graduation ceremonies.
The stadium is at the center of the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex that includes the $20.5 million Bob Carpenter Center, a 5,000-seat multi-purpose facility south of the stadium that opened in August, 1992, and the $3.3 million Fred P. Rullo Jr. Stadium, a 2,000-seat lighted ActionTurf field which opened in September, 1998 and is home to the 2016 NCAA national champion UD field hockey squad, Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium, which was dedicated and upgraded in 2014, Bob Hannah (Baseball) Stadium, the Delaware Softball Stadium, two synthetic turf practice fields, and two grass practice fields, as well as Delaware Field House, which is a turfed indoor practice facility.
