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Municipal Stadium

Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, FL, home of Bethune-Cookman. Capacity 10,000. Opened September 2, 1988.

Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, FL
Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, FLPhoto: Dre4lyfe200509, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1988
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
31 ft
Bethune-Cookman here
66–⁠37 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 Municipal Stadium by season, 2003 to 20260k20k40k60k80k100k2003: 9,243 a game over 2 games; biggest 11,0212005: 29,882 a game over 3 games; biggest 70,1122006: 7,522 a game over 6 games; biggest 14,4862007: 26,378 a game over 7 games; biggest 85,4122008: 4,958 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,1362009: 5,218 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,9572010: 6,462 a game over 7 games; biggest 10,1512011: 8,517 a game over 6 games; biggest 17,3372012: 6,729 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,4612013: 6,269 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,4212014: 7,641 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,2472015: 7,084 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,8752016: 6,285 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,3852017: 7,337 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,9512018: 6,549 a game over 3 games; biggest 10,2782019: 5,642 a game over 1 games; biggest 5,6422021: 5,706 a game over 3 games; biggest 10,1782022: 10,629 a game over 4 games; biggest 22,3732023: 7,070 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,4582024: 7,863 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,8772025: 6,640 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,8502026: 5,810 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,51320032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

85,412Alabama at Florida State2007
70,112Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman2005
65,367Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman2007
22,373Jackson State at Bethune-Cookman2022
17,337Prairie View A&M at Bethune-Cookman2011

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

The stadium’s history

Also known as
Larry Kelly Field
Former names
Municipal Stadium (1988–⁠2018)
Opened
September 2, 1988
Surface over the years
Artificial turf (since 2010)
Renovated
2018

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Municipal Stadium (Daytona Beach).

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Bethune-Cookman 16, Alabama State 10
Sep 26, 2026South Carolina State 31, Bethune-Cookman 21
Sep 19, 2026Bethune-Cookman 62, Virginia Lynchburg 3
Sep 12, 2026Bethune-Cookman 43, Stetson 18
Nov 1, 2025Bethune-Cookman 42, Mississippi Valley State 34
Oct 25, 2025Bethune-Cookman 31, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 14
Oct 11, 2025Bethune-Cookman 45, Southern 14
Sep 27, 2025Bethune-Cookman 41, Alabama A&M 34
Sep 20, 2025Bethune-Cookman 35, Edward Waters 9
Nov 2, 2024Bethune-Cookman 24, Grambling 21
Oct 26, 2024Jackson State 37, Bethune-Cookman 17
Sep 28, 2024Alabama State 26, Bethune-Cookman 21