# Welcome Stadium

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**Welcome Stadium** is an 11,000-seat [multi-purpose stadium](/source/Multi-purpose_stadium) in [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton,_Ohio), United States, owned and operated by [Dayton Public Schools](/source/Dayton_Public_Schools). It is named in honor of Percival "Perc" Welcome, Director of Athletics for the Dayton Public Schools from 1946-1958.[1] Primary tenants of the facility include [University of Dayton Flyers](/source/Dayton_Flyers_football) football team and multiple Dayton Public High Schools.

## History

It opened in 1949, and is home to all of the city's high schools. Since 1974, it has also been home to the [Dayton Flyers football](/source/Dayton_Flyers_football) team. It hosted the 1961 [Aviation Bowl](/source/Aviation_Bowl) and the [Ohio](/source/Ohio) High School State [Track and Field](/source/Track_and_Field) finals for the years 1999–2003. It hosted the [USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships](/source/USA_Outdoor_Track_and_Field_Championships) Men's division in 1953 and 1957 the Women's division in 1963 and 1969. It also hosts Ohio's High School (OMEA) marching band finals in late October, early November. Soccer club [Dayton Dynamo](/source/Dayton_Dynamo_(2016)) were tenants.

In 2021, the Board of Education hired the team of MSA Sport + Shook Construction to develop a Master Plan for improvements and expansion to Welcome Stadium. Phase 1 of the Master Plan, which was constructed in 2022 and complete in 2023 was a total project cost of $32 million and included a complete overhaul and restoration of the historic grandstands, a field and track renovation, and new Press Tower and full renovation of both concourses. Future phases to be included from the Master Plan include a new 10,000 s.f. field house in the north end zone, and a multipurpose field NW of the track for field events and community recreation.

On July 27, 2019, the stadium hosted a [Cincinnati Bengals](/source/Cincinnati_Bengals) training camp. The event was part of commemorations of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League)'s official centennial season, paying tribute to one of its charter franchises—the [Dayton Triangles](/source/Dayton_Triangles). The team and NFL originally aimed for the camp to be held on new turf at the Triangles' former home field, [Triangle Park](/source/Triangle_Park_(Dayton)) (site of the NFL's first game), but the construction was called off after the discovery of a "unique and sizable anomaly" on the site in an archaeological survey.[2][3][4]

## See also

- [List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums](/source/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_stadiums)

## References

1. [Welcome Stadium Information](http://daytonflyers.com/sports/2013/8/8/FB_0808132243.aspx?id=42)

1. ["City of Dayton calls off plans for turf field at Triangle Park"](https://www.whio.com/news/local/city-dayton-calls-off-plans-for-turf-field-triangle-park/OBm0j7MZ5avA2MaEELOiiJ/). *[WHIO.com](/source/WHIO-TV)*. [Cox Media Group](/source/Cox_Media_Group). May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.

1. ["History and football: Bengals have practice in Dayton to celebrate 100 years of football"](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2019/07/27/zac-taylor-and-bengals-have-first-training-camp-practice-dayton/1849982001/). *Cincinnati.com*. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

1. ["A.J. Green suffers apparent ankle injury as Bengals open camp"](https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/07/27/aj-green-injury-bengals-training-camp-zac-taylor-dayton-field-turf-conditions). *SI.com*. July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.

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