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Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Stadium is a stadium
in Brockport, New York
. Located on the campus of State University of New York College at Brockport it is primarily used for American football
, and is the home field of the SUNY-Brockport Golden Eagles. The stadium holds 10,000 people and was built in 1979. It was originally built for the 1979 Special Olympics World Summer Games that were held in Brockport.
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, DSG a member of the Kennedy family, sister to President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, was the founder in 1962 of Camp Shriver, and in 1968, the Special Olympics...
Stadium is a stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Brockport, New York
Brockport, New York
Brockport is a village located in the Town of Sweden in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 8,103 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Hiel Brockway, an early settler....
. Located on the campus of State University of New York College at Brockport it is primarily used for American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, and is the home field of the SUNY-Brockport Golden Eagles. The stadium holds 10,000 people and was built in 1979. It was originally built for the 1979 Special Olympics World Summer Games that were held in Brockport.
43°12′23"N 77°57′5"W