Old College Field

DeMartin Stadium

26 10 2009

248 Jenison Field House
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 353-8635
Website

It’s wierd. I’ve been to DeMartin Stadium, but I’ve never blogged about it. I was thinking that Sunday as I was standing there watching the MSU women take on the Minnesota Golden Golphers. I don’t have a lot of experience with college soccer stadiums or soccer in general, but DeMartin seems like a nice place to play.

DeMartin Stadium sits behind Jenison Field on Michigan State University. It’s part of the athletic complex that makes up Old College Field along with the softball and baseball diamonds. DeMartin Stadium is barely a year old. Before the 2008 season, a number of changes took place to the soccer field including the orientation and the addition of seating bringing the capacity to 2500.

The closest parking lot to the field is at Jenison and on game days, parking can be at a premium. People were parking everywhere. In spaces, on the grass, wherever they could find a spot to put their cars. The only bad thing about Old College Field is the parking, but that seems to be the trend at all of MSU’s athletic facilities.

You enter Old College Field between the baseball and softball diamonds…that is, if you’re paying. You wouldn’t believe how many kids…and adults were sucking in their guts and squeezing through the fence that is meant to keep people out. I don’t know how much a soccer game costs, but it can’t be that much. Read the rest of this entry »

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12 04 2009

248 Jenison Field House
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 353-0816
Website

Old College Field on the campus of Michigan State University

My long stretch of baseball/softball continued at Michigan State University’s Old College Field. This was a new facility for me. I’ve been to soccer at DeMartin Field next door and I’m really looking forward to taking in a game at the newly remodeled McLane Baseball Stadium, but I’ve never seen a softball game at MSU.

The day started bright and early Saturday morning at the softball diamond which is between behind Jenison Field House and the Red Cedar River. Parking is located at Jenison and you have quite a hike to get back to the softball diamond. The field is situated between the soccer field and baseball diamond.

Old College Field gets it’s name from the days when MSU football actually played on the area. It retained the name Old College Field even though most of the football stadium was actually where the baseball diamond is now. In 2008, the whole area underwent a face lift and the field was moved and home plate now faces the Red Cedar River. Read the rest of this entry »