Bryant Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Thomas W. Bryant Stadium
Coordinates:28.0583°N -81.957°W
Location:1125 N Florida Avenue
Lakeland, Florida 33805
Opened:1941
Owner:Polk County Public Schools
Surface:Turf
Tenants:Lakeland Dreadnaughts (FHSAA) (1941–present)
Ajax Orlando Prospects (PDL) (2005, one game)
Florida Southern Moccasins (NCAA)
Men's lacrosse (2009–2017)
Women's lacrosse (2012–2017)

Lakeland Tropics (USL2) (2017–2019)
Florida Tropics SC (WPSL) (2018–2019)

Thomas W. Bryant Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lakeland, Florida that is currently home to Lakeland High School athletics and the Lakeland Tropics soccer team of USL League Two.[1] It is named for Thomas W. Bryant, a Lakeland native lawyer, legislator, and donor to the University of Florida.[2] Bryant Stadium is just to the north of Henley Field.

In August 2017, Polk County Public Schools purchased Bryant Stadium from the City of Lakeland at a cost of $1.2 million.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tropics will play at Bryant Stadium; Dr. Panagiotis Iakovidis is majority owner . LakelandTropics.com . February 7, 2017 . January 11, 2018.
  2. Web site: Bryant Stadium . LakelandFootball.com . January 11, 2018.
  3. News: Polk School Board agrees to buy Bryant Stadium for $1.2 million . . August 22, 2017 . January 11, 2018.