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| name                = Villanova Stadium
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| location            = North Ithan Avenue<br>[[Villanova, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]] 19085
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| opened              = {{start date and age|1927|11|08}}
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| owner               = [[Villanova University]]
| operator            = [[Villanova University]]
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| tenants             = [[Villanova Wildcats]] ([[NCAA]])<br>[[Villanova Wildcats football|football]] (1927–81, 1985–present)<br> [[Villanova Wildcats men's lacrosse|men's lacrosse]] (1984–present)<br>women's lacrosse<br> field hockey <br> track & field<br>[[Philadelphia Charge]] ([[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]]) (2001–2003)<br>[[Philadelphia Barrage]] ([[Major League Lacrosse|MLL]]) (2004–2006)
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| seating_capacity    = 12,500
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Radnor Township##Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States
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'''Villanova Stadium''' is a 12,500 seat [[stadium]] located on the campus of [[Villanova University]] in [[Villanova, Pennsylvania]], USA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Villanova Stadium-Goodreau Field & Jumbo Elliott Track|url=http://www.villanova.com/facilities/nova-facilities-stadium.html|publisher=villanova.com|access-date=1 August 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==History==
Villanova Stadium was originally built in 1927 and dedicated on October 8, 1927.<ref name="Nova Stadium">{{cite web|title=Big East Championships Sites Announced for 2017 and 2018|url=http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=50039|publisher=laxpower.com|access-date=1 August 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The stadium plays host to a wide variety of events including serving as home to the [[Villanova Wildcats football]], [[field hockey]], [[lacrosse]], and [[track and field]] teams. Philadelphia area teams such as the [[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]]'s [[Philadelphia Charge]] and [[Major League Lacrosse]]'s [[Philadelphia Barrage]] have also used the stadium in the past or currently. In the 1960s, Monsignor Bonner High School, like Villanova an Augustinian school, used the field.

The field and track at Villanova Stadium are known as "Goodreau Field" and "Jumbo Elliott Track," respectively.  On May 7, 1930, the playing field at Villanova Stadium was dedicated to the memory of Leo J. Francis Goodreau, a Villanova football player who died due to injuries incurred in practice.  On September 27, 1980, the running track was dedicated to Villanova's legendary [[track and field]] coach [[Jumbo Elliott (athletics)|James "Jumbo" Elliott]].

===Renovations===
In Fall 1999, the stadium underwent a face-lift with the Stadium Renovation Project.<ref name="Nova Stadium"/> Included in this project was a state of the art press box, in addition to housing an 80-person meeting room for all Villanova Athletic Department personnel to use. The former [[AstroTurf]] playing field was replaced during the spring of 2002 with a synthetic grass surface known as [[AstroPlay]].

In Fall 2009, the stadium received a new scoreboard along with a new playing surface.

In 2016, a new football operations building, the [[Andy Talley|Andrew J. Talley]] Athletic Center, which also serves as the training room for the sports programs at the school, opened, named for the school's first head coach since the May 1984 reinstatement of the program until the end of 2016.

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://villanova.com/sports/2018/6/18/facilities-nova-stadium-11-html.aspx}}

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{{Succession box
| before = [[Columbus Crew Stadium]]
| after = [[Nickerson Field]]
| title = Host of [[Steinfeld Cup|Major League Lacrosse championship weekend]]
| years = 2003
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