Cessna Stadium
Cessna Stadium is a stadium in Wichita, United States that opened in 1946. Its recorded capacity is 16,000.
Key facts
Cessna Stadium is a stadium in Wichita, United States that opened in 1946. Its recorded capacity is 16,000. It is owned by Wichita State University and Wichita State University. It is operated by Wichita State University and Wichita State University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Cessna Stadium, Veterans Field. Current tenants are Wichita State Shockers, Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School football, Wichita State Shockers football, Wichita State Shockers, 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team, 1985 Wichita State Shockers football team, 1947 Wichita Shockers football team.
- Location
- Wichita, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 16,000
- Opened
- 1946
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Wichita State University, Wichita State University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Cessna Stadium is at latitude 37.7217, longitude -97.295519, in Wichita, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 37.7217 |
| Longitude | -97.295519 |
| City | Wichita |
| Region | Wichita |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Cessna Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Cessna Stadium (no sponsor) ran Unknown. Veterans Field (no sponsor) ran 1946 to 1968. The average tenure of a name here is 22 years.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Wichita State University | 1946 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Wichita State University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Wichita State University | 1946 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Wichita State University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita State Shockers | NCAA Division I FBS | Present | Current | Source |
| Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School football | NCAA Division I FBS | Present | Current | Source |
| Wichita State Shockers football | NCAA Division I FBS | 1946 to present | Current | Source |
| Wichita State Shockers | NCAA Division I FBS | 1946 to present | Current | Source |
| 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team | NCAA Division I FBS | 1946 to present | Current | Source |
| 1985 Wichita State Shockers football team | NCAA Division I FBS | 1946 to present | Current | Source |
| 1947 Wichita Shockers football team | NCAA Division I FBS | 1946 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
21 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2757 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 415 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Veterans Field | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Cessna Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31663 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31662 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31661 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31660 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27950 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27949 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27948 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27947 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27946 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27945 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27944 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372078499 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 31500 | 16000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372078499 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Crossland_Stadium | Crossland Stadium | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: