Callaway Stadium
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Callaway Stadium is a football
/soccer stadium
located in LaGrange, Georgia
. It was built around 1958 by the Callaway Foundation and is used by the Troup County High School
, LaGrange High School, and Callaway High School football and soccer teams, as well as the LaGrange College
football team. Despite its age, the stadium is still considered to be a state-of-the-art facility, having had FieldTurf
installed in 2004 and a jumbotron
scoreboard
installed in 2008. It seats about 5,200 people and has a press box
on the home side.
On May 20, 2009, Callaway Stadium announced plans to renovate the stadium, which includes 1,200 new seats.
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...
/soccer 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...
located in LaGrange, Georgia
LaGrange, Georgia
LaGrange is a city in Troup County, Georgia, United States. It is named after the country estate near Paris of the Marquis de La Fayette, who visited the area in 1825. The population was 24,998 at the 2000 census...
. It was built around 1958 by the Callaway Foundation and is used by the Troup County High School
Troup County High School
Troup County Comprehensive High School, originally called Troup High School, is a public college-preparatory and tech-preparatory school in LaGrange, Georgia and a member of the Troup County Board of Education. The school is located on Hamilton Road, and the Middle school associated is Long Cane...
, LaGrange High School, and Callaway High School football and soccer teams, as well as the LaGrange College
LaGrange College
LaGrange College is the oldest private college in the U.S. state of Georgia. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is located in LaGrange, Georgia, with an enrollment of about 1,000 students. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1...
football team. Despite its age, the stadium is still considered to be a state-of-the-art facility, having had FieldTurf
FieldTurf
FieldTurf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface. It is manufactured and installed by the FieldTurf Tarkett division of Tarkett Inc., based in Calhoun, Georgia, USA. In the late 1990s, the artificial surface changed the industry with a design intended to replicate real grass...
installed in 2004 and a jumbotron
Jumbotron
A JumboTron is a large-screen television using technology developed by Sony, typically used in sports stadiums and concert venues to show close-up shots of the event. Although JumboTron is a registered trademark owned by the Sony Corporation, the word jumbotron is often used by the public as a...
scoreboard
Scoreboard
A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game or match. Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics. Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to...
installed in 2008. It seats about 5,200 people and has a press box
Press box
The press box is a special section of a sports stadium or arena that is set up for the media to report about a given event. It is typically located in the section of the stadium holding the luxury box. In general, newspaper writers sit in this box and write about the on-field event as it unfolds...
on the home side.
On May 20, 2009, Callaway Stadium announced plans to renovate the stadium, which includes 1,200 new seats.