Poudre School District - French Field

French Field

French Field is a sporting arena in Fort Collins Colorado that is used primarily by the cities four Public Senior High Schools for their sporting events such as football, soccer, and track and field events. The stadium is capable of seating 6,000 spectators and is used for day and nighttime events, and is fully capable of doing so as it is equipped with full field lighting.

Fort Collins four public senior high schools are the primary users of French Field. The stadium is equipped with a standard football field and goal posts, but is also marked for use in soccer and lacrosse games. The stadium also boasts an all weather track that circles the playing field and is used by the Poudre School District for its many track and field events that involve not only the cities high schools but also many junior high schools and elementary schools. Other non Poudre School District sports leagues do sometimes make use of the stadium for championship events, but in general the stadium is used only for school related athletic events. Approximately 35 to 40 athletic events take place at the stadium each Fall and Spring.

French Field is immediately adjacent to Rocky Mountain High School, at 1300 West Swallow Road, which frequently leads many to assume that is used only by Rocky Mountain High School. However it is in fact used also by Poudre High School, Fort Collins High School and Fossil Ridge High School.

French Field is capable of seating 6,000 spectators total. The stadium is clearly divided with home and away bleachers. The home team stands are larger in width, and taller. Several press boxes are also sit atop the home bleachers and are used by school coaches stadium announcers, and radio sportscasters. French Fields away stands are smaller, since typically games are played against out of city teams, however on occasion in town teams are pitted against each other, and the away school can easily fill French Fields away bleachers. Six floodlight towers are capable of fully illuminating the field for nighttime games. Both sets of spectator stands offer concessions stands and bathrooms, but away stands have only two ticket windows, while the home stands operate a total of four. There are basic locker rooms for both home and away sports teams, as well as officials, and Poudre Valley Hospital provides ambulance services to all varsity football games and many other sporting events.

New sound and lighting systems as well as a new scoreboard were installed in 2007, and the stadiums press boxes and ticket booths were updated with newer electrical and heating systems since its initial construction in 1974, opening along with Rocky Mountain High School.