Rhodes Stadium

Rhodes Stadium / McKinnon Field
Construction

Location	1 Stadium Drive Elon, NC 27244
Owner	Elon University
Operator	Elon University
Capacity	11,250^[1]
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	March 14, 2000^[2]
Opened	September 22, 2001
Construction cost	$13 million ($17.4 million in 2016 dollars^[3])
Architect	Ellerbe Becket
General contractor	Beers Construction Co.^[4]
Tenants
Elon University Phoenix (NCAA)

Rhodes Stadium is an 11,250-seat multi-purpose stadium in Elon, North Carolina. Named for trustee Dusty Rhodes, his wife, Peggy, and their family, the stadium opened in 2001 and is home to the Elon University Phoenix football team. The stadium also hosts soccer games on occasion.

Before Rhodes Stadium was built Elon played in Burlington at Burlington Memorial Stadium.

References

↑ "Elon Football Team Returns to Rhodes Stadium to Face Furman". Elon Athletics. November 10, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
↑ Fuchs, Mike (March 15, 2000). "Elon Students Celebrate Stadium Elon College Kicks off a $13 Million Football Stadium with a Groundbreaking Ceremony". News & Record (Greensboro). p. B4. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ "Rhodes Stadium Opening Brings End To 92-Year Road Trip". Ellerbe Becket. September 1, 2001. Retrieved September 26, 2011.

External links

Elon Athletics Site

Coordinates: 36°06′36″N 79°30′28″W / 36.110028°N 79.507821°W / 36.110028; -79.507821

Elon Phoenix football

Venues	Burlington Memorial Stadium (?–2000) Rhodes Stadium (2001–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Elon University

Academics	Business Law

Facilities	Alumni Gym Belk Library Campus of Elon University Johnston Hall Rhodes Stadium Walter C. Latham Park

Athletics	Baseball Basketball {Men's I Women's (2014–15)} Football Men's Soccer (2015)

Organizations	Elon College Fellows Elon University Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band

Media	Phoenix14news WSOE

Football stadiums of the Colonial Athletic Association

Bob Ford Field (Albany)
Delaware Stadium (Delaware)
Rhodes Stadium (Elon)
Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison)
Morse Field at Alfond Stadium (Maine)
Cowell Stadium (New Hampshire)
Meade Stadium (Rhode Island)
E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (Richmond)
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Stony Brook)
Johnny Unitas Stadium (Towson)
Villanova Stadium (Villanova)
Zable Stadium (William & Mary)

College football venues in North Carolina

Division I
FBS

ACC	BB&T Field (Wake Forest) Carter–Finley Stadium (North Carolina State) Kenan Memorial Stadium (North Carolina) Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke)

American	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (East Carolina)

C-USA	Jerry Richardson Stadium (Charlotte)

Sun Belt	Kidd Brewer Stadium (Appalachian State)

Division I
FCS

Big South	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium (Gardner–Webb)

CAA	Rhodes Stadium (Elon)

MEAC	Aggie Stadium (North Carolina A&T) O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (North Carolina Central)

Pioneer	Barker–Lane Stadium (Campbell) Richardson Stadium (Davidson)

SoCon	E. J. Whitmire Stadium (Western Carolina)

Division II

CIAA	Alumni Memorial Stadium (Livingstone) Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem State) Capital Stadium (Saint Augustine's) Millbrook Wildcat Stadium (Shaw) Garrison Stadium (Chowan) Irwin Belk Complex (Johnson C. Smith) Luther "Nick" Jeralds Stadium (Fayetteville State) Roebuck Stadium (Elizabeth City State)

SAC	Brevard Memorial Stadium (Brevard) Irwin Belk Stadium (Wingate) Meares Stadium (Mars Hill) Moretz Stadium (Lenoir–Rhyne) Shuford Stadium (Catawba)

Independent	Grace P. Johnson Stadium (UNC Pembroke)

Division III

ODAC	Armfield Athletic Center (Guilford)

USA South	Jamieson Stadium (Greensboro College) Monarch Stadium (Methodist) Rocky Mount Athletic Stadium (North Carolina Wesleyan)

Bank of America Stadium
American Legion Memorial Stadium

Sports venues in the Piedmont Triad

Current	Ace Speedway (Altamahaw) Aggie Stadium (Greensboro) Alumni Gym (Elon) Armfield Athletic Center (Greensboro) BB&T Ballpark (Winston-Salem) BB&T Field (Winston-Salem) Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem) Burlington Athletic Stadium (Burlington) C. E. Gaines Center (Winston-Salem) Corbett Sports Center (Greensboro) Erath Field (High Point) Finch Field (Thomasville) Fleming Gymnasium (Greensboro) Gene Hooks Field (Winston-Salem) Greensboro Coliseum Complex (Greensboro) Jamieson Stadium (Greensboro) Kentner Stadium (Winston-Salem) LJMV Coliseum (Winston-Salem) LJVM Coliseum Annex (Winston-Salem) Macpherson Stadium (Browns Summit) NewBridge Bank Park (Greensboro) Ragan-Brown Field House (Greensboro) Reynolds Gymnasium (Winston-Salem) Rhodes Stadium (Elon) Simeon Stadium (High Point) Spry Stadium (Winston-Salem) UNCG Baseball Stadium (Greensboro) UNCG Soccer Stadium (Greensboro) World War Memorial Stadium (Greensboro)

Future	--

Defunct	Cone Athletic Park (Demolished, Greensboro) Gene Hooks Stadium (Demolished, Winston-Salem) South Side Park (Burned down, Winston-Salem) Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (Replaced, Winston-Salem)

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