Atwood Stadium
| "The Little House" | |
| Address | 701 University Ave. |
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| Location | Flint, Michigan |
| Owner | Kettering University |
| Capacity | 11,000 |
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Coordinates: 43°01′02″N 83°42′09″W / 43.0172779°N 83.7023985°W
Atwood Stadium is an 11,000-seat stadium owned by Kettering University located in the Carriage Town historic district area of downtown Flint, Michigan. It is used mostly for American football, field lacrosse and soccer.
It opened on June 8, 1929 and was named after Edwin W. Atwood, who was elected as the Mayor of the City of Flint in 1920, and also donated a portion of the site for the stadium. It has hosted boxing matches, UAW strikes, high school football, minor-league baseball, election stump speeches, and concerts over the years. Originally Atwood Stadium had a natural grass field, but in 1968 began using artificial turf. Atwood's turf was ruled unsafe, leading to the stadium's closure in 1992. The stadium reopened in 1995 after $3.5 million in improvements, including a new artificial turf field. In 2015 the stadium is undergoing over $2 million in renovations to the restrooms, press box, concourse, exterior and playing field, and is expected to host Powers Catholic, Flint Southwestern and Flint Northwestern high school football in the fall of 2015.
From 1930 through 1976 the Annual Football game between Flint Central High School and Flint Northern High School was played on Thanksgiving Day and drew attendance in the tens of thousands of people. The 1950 game drew a record crowd of 20,600, thanks to standing room and temporary seating. Due to the development of state playoffs after 1976, the game was no longer held on Thanksgiving Day. Prior to the closure of Flint Central in 2009, Central won the overall series 41-39-1. Only four of the 81 meetings were not held at Atwood. The inaugural meeting in 1928 was held at Dort Field behind Flint Central. The 1929 meeting was held at Viking Field behind the original Flint Northern. Due to the stadium's temporary closure in 1992, the 1993 and 1994 Central-Northern games were held at Guy V. Houston Stadium, located near Flint Northwestern.
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