Now in its seventeenth year of operation, Lions' stadium has provided area fans with top-caliber athletic competition in a variety of sports after receiving a new AstroTurf surface in the spring of 1999.

Opened during the fall of 1984, it is not only home to TCNJ's women's soccer team, but also the Lions men's soccer team, the women's lacrosse team, the field hockey team, and the football team. In addition, Lion's Stadium has been host to six NCAA Division III field hockey championships, the 1990, 1996, and 1998 Eastern Regional Football Championships, the 1994 Division III Men's Soccer Championships, as well as the 1991, 1995 and 1999 NCAA Division I and III Women's Lacrosse Championships. Lions' Stadium also hosts several special events each year, most notably the New Jersey Special Olympics. In the spring of 2000, the facility will be the home of the National Collegiate and NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championships.

The first event which was held in the stadium since being resurfaced in the spring of 1999 was The college's 143rd commencement ceremony. The keynote speaker for the event was John Beake, of the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, where he is Vice President of Player personnel. He is a 1961 graduate of The College and a member of TCNJ's Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame.

The focal point of the arena, which can hold 6,000 spectators, is the artificial surface, designed by Astro Turf Industries, Inc., of Dalton, Georgia. The first if its kind constructed in the United States, the sports field consists of a vertical drainage system which prevents the duck pond effect usually associated with other artificial surfaces during rainstorms. The "turf" was introduced in Europe approximately five years before the TCNJ ground-breaking ceremony of July 19, 1983.

The lighted field, which also serves the general campus community as a center for intramural activity, was complemented last in 1988 with the completion of a two-level press box, grandstand, concession stand, and rest-room facilities. At the forefront of this latest addition is a carpeted, 750-square-foot press room.

The press box, which occupies the lower level of the two-level facility, includes a working press room of some 600-square feet, in addition to a television booth and officials booth. The second level includes a 450-square foot camera deck, TCNJ spotter booth, and sky box. The entire facility is heated an includes private restrooms in each level.