Selby Field Explained

Selby Stadium
Coordinates:40.2967°N -83.0636°W
Location:OWU, Delaware, OH
Area:less than one acre
Restored:2011, 2014
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:March 18, 1985
Refnum:85000635
Designated Other1 Num Position:both
Designated Other2 Num Position:both
Designated Other3 Num Position:both

Selby Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. The venue serves as home to the Battling Bishops football, men's and women's lacrosse, women's field hockey, and track & field teams.

Selby has a seating capacity of 9,100, with all seats falling between the 15-yard lines of the field. Its press box was lauded as the largest in Ohio outside of Ohio Stadium.

Overview

thumb|left|View of the athletics track and pitch of the stadiumBuilt in 1929, the grandstands of Selby are two separate smooth-finished concrete structures which provide seating for 9,100.[1]

On March 18, 1985, Selby Field was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Originally equipped with natural grass, the field received a FieldTurf artificial grass playing surface for the 2014–15 sports season. Selby Stadium had previously been remodelled in 2010–11, when a lighting system and a video scoreboard were added.

Selby Field is located on South Henry Street, just east of the academic and administrative buildings of Ohio Wesleyan.

From 2012 through 2015, the Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse played home games at Selby Field.

Notes and References

  1. none. Ohio Historic Inventory: Selby Field . J. Williams . June 3, 1984.