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Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, NY, home of Stony Brook. Capacity 12,300. Opened September 14, 2002.

Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, NY
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Stony Brook, NYPhoto: Robert Capozzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
12,300
Opened
2002
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
107 ft
Home team
Stony Brook
Stony Brook here
76–⁠46 games on file since 2003

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2003 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k2003: 4,613 a game over 5 games; biggest 6,0792004: 3,377 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,7402005: 3,544 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,0282006: 4,336 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,6882007: 4,601 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,3282008: 3,255 a game over 6 games; biggest 5,8082009: 4,802 a game over 4 games; biggest 6,2432010: 4,908 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,4322011: 5,525 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,2782012: 7,092 a game over 3 games; biggest 10,2782013: 6,760 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,2242014: 7,105 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,3012015: 7,268 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,1772016: 6,953 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,2212017: 7,355 a game over 7 games; biggest 12,3112018: 7,814 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,7012019: 6,927 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,8122022: 4,828 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,7142023: 5,313 a game over 4 games; biggest 7,7392024: 6,267 a game over 6 games; biggest 8,0622025: 4,792 a game over 6 games; biggest 6,7012026: 5,632 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,63220032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

12,812James Madison at Stony Brook2019
12,701Rhode Island at Stony Brook2018
12,311New Hampshire at Stony Brook2017
12,221Rhode Island at Stony Brook2016
12,177Towson at Stony Brook2015

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Stony Brook’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Seawolves Stadium
Opened
September 14, 2002
Architect
Dattner Architects
Surface over the years
FieldTurf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 130 by 170 meters (410 by 540 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026UAlbany 48, Stony Brook 31
Sep 19, 2026Stony Brook 56, Rhode Island 24
Sep 3, 2026Stony Brook 36, Lindenwood 32
Nov 22, 2025Stony Brook 35, Bryant 28
Nov 8, 2025Stony Brook 38, North Carolina A&T 12
Oct 25, 2025Stony Brook 27, Towson 19
Sep 27, 2025Stony Brook 35, Merrimack 10
Sep 13, 2025Stony Brook 41, Fordham 18
Sep 6, 2025Rhode Island 31, Stony Brook 17
Nov 23, 2024Monmouth 55, Stony Brook 47
Nov 9, 2024Stony Brook 24, UAlbany 6
Oct 26, 2024Stony Brook 35, William & Mary 13