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Goodman Stadium is Lehigh University's 16,000-seat stadium located on its Goodman Campus in Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. [a] It opened in 1988, replacing Taylor Stadium, which stood in the main academic campus from 1914 until 1987. The former Taylor Stadium site now holds the Rauch Business Center, the Zoellner Arts Center, and a ...
In 1988, Lehigh moved into Goodman Stadium, a 16,000 seat state of the art concrete structure located on the Murray H. Goodman Campus ("Saucon Fields", as informally known.) The new stadium is part of a complete sports complex serving the university, situated south over South Mountain , from the heart of the school.
Owned and operated by Lehigh University, it is located on the school's Goodman Campus. Stabler Arena bears the name of Donald B. Stabler, a 1930 Lehigh graduate, founder of Stabler Companies Inc., and a member of the university's Board of Trustees for over 30 years. He and his wife, Dorothy, were the primary donors for the facility.
The Murray H. Goodman Campus, immediately south, where a 16,000-seat stadium and some of Lehigh University's sports facilities are located. In May 2012, Lehigh was the beneficiary a gift of 755 acres of property in nearby Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation.
The stadium would be used by the Lehigh Engineers football, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, and track and field teams as their primary venue. Later in the stadium's life Bethlehem Steel donated a grandstand increasing the stadium's capacity to 20,000. [1] [3] In 1987 Lehigh University sought to diversify its courses and build a business school.
Despite their conference championship and undefeated record, Lehigh did not host any playoff games. The Mountain Hawks defeated No. 10 Richmond and then lost to No. 1 UMass on the road. Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
123 Goodman Drive Bethlehem, Pennsylvania U.S. Location: Goodman Campus of Lehigh University: Coordinates: Owner: Lehigh University: Operator: Lehigh University: Capacity: 370: Field size: Left Field: 320 ft (98 m) Left Center: 375 ft (114 m) Center Field: 400 ft (120 m)
The Saucon Valley Playing Fields were renamed after Murray H. Goodman, a Lehigh University alumnus and key contributor to the university during the difficult days of the 1980s, when Bethlehem Steel suffered decline. The land, embracing six hundred acres, was obtained during the complex expansion days for Steel, being the early post War period ...