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Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Manhattan, NY, home of Columbia. Capacity 17,000. Opened 1923.

Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Manhattan, NY
Lawrence A. Wien Stadium, Manhattan, NYPhoto: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
17,000
Opened
1923
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
36 ft
Home team
Columbia
Columbia here
44–⁠66 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 Lawrence A. Wien Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k20k2003: 3,915 a game over 1 games; biggest 3,9152005: 2,190 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,3542006: 6,650 a game over 2 games; biggest 8,8452007: 2,419 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,5552008: 4,890 a game over 3 games; biggest 8,7332009: 2,815 a game over 3 games; biggest 3,0892010: 3,853 a game over 4 games; biggest 5,3182011: 4,409 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,1242012: 5,600 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,1272013: 5,610 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,8202014: 5,574 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,2022015: 5,988 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,0982016: 5,212 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,9462017: 6,672 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,0812018: 5,752 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,5062019: 5,376 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,4522021: 5,549 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,0542022: 5,088 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,0232023: 4,366 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,0322024: 5,626 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,6422025: 5,286 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,7042026: 3,702 a game over 2 games; biggest 3,72820032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

13,081Pennsylvania at Columbia2017
12,704Pennsylvania at Columbia2025
12,642Dartmouth at Columbia2024
12,506Dartmouth at Columbia2018
12,098Pennsylvania at Columbia2015

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

Snow at kickoff

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 Columbia’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Baker Field (1923–⁠1982)
Opened
1923
Architect
Dattner Architects

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Lawrence A. Wien Stadium.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Princeton 35, Columbia 7
Sep 19, 2026Columbia 40, Lafayette 34
Nov 15, 2025Brown 32, Columbia 29
Nov 7, 2025Harvard 31, Columbia 14
Oct 18, 2025Pennsylvania 35, Columbia 21
Oct 11, 2025Lehigh 31, Columbia 7
Sep 27, 2025Columbia 19, Georgetown 10
Nov 23, 2024Columbia 17, Cornell 9
Nov 1, 2024Columbia 13, Yale 10
Oct 26, 2024Dartmouth 24, Columbia 21
Oct 5, 2024Columbia 34, Princeton 17
Sep 21, 2024Columbia 31, Lafayette 20