Tad Gormley Stadium

Tad Gormley Stadium
Construction
Tad Gormley

Former names	City Park Stadium (1937-1956)
Location	City Park, New Orleans
Owner	New Orleans City Park
Operator	New Orleans City Park
Capacity	26,500
Surface	GameDay Grass from AstroTurf
Broke ground	1937
Opened	1937
Renovated	2006
Tenants
LHSAA (football) (track and field) (1937-Present) New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) (1958-1959) New Orleans Privateers (football) (1965-1968, 2008-2011) New Orleans Privateers (track and field) New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (USL A-League) (1996-1997) New Orleans Thunder (RFL) (1999) Tulane Green Wave (football) (2002-2004, 2008) New Orleans Blaze (WFA) (2002-2011) New Orleans Jesters (PDL) (2008) New Orleans Jazz F.C. (SFL) (2011)

Tad Gormley Stadium (originally City Park Stadium) is a 26,500 seat multi-purpose outdoor stadium, located in City Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana, named for Frank "Tad" Gormley.

The stadium is home to the University of New Orleans Privateers men's and women's track teams. It is also frequently used for Louisiana High School Athletic Association football games, soccer games and track meets. The stadium features GameDay Grass MT from AstroTurf, a 400-meter all-weather track, three locker rooms, a press box seating 110, and press suite seating for 40.

Tad Gormley Stadium was built in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. It has been used for football, track & field, and soccer. It played host to the 1992 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials for the 1992 Summer Olympic games held in Barcelona, Spain. The Tulane Green Wave football team played four homecoming games and one non-conference game at the stadium in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2008. This was to provide more tailgating opportunities for fans than at their former regular home stadium, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (previously known as the Louisiana Superdome). The University of New Orleans Privateers' club football team played in the stadium from 1965-1968 and again from 2008-2011. The stadium was also home to the New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) team from 1958-1959, after the closing of Pelican Stadium in 1957. The New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of the USL A-League played in the stadium from 1996-1997.