Ralph Korte Stadium, otherwise known as "The Ralph", is a 3,000-capacity 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 Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

Edwardsville is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 24,293. It is the county seat of Madison County and is the third oldest city in the State of Illinois. The city was named in honor of Ninian Edwards, then Governor of the Illinois...

, Illinois

Illinois

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. It has an athletics track, and is also used for soccer. There is a permanent stand alongside the closing straight of the track, and space for temporary stands to be placed elsewhere if required.

The stadium is home to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, commonly abbreviated SIUE, is a four-year coed public university in Edwardsville, Illinois about from St. Louis, Missouri. SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and is the younger of the two largest...

 Cougars men's and women's soccer teams. It has also hosted the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

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 in 1970 and 1975, and the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

The NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship is an annual collegiate outdoor track and field competition for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It has three divisions: Division I, II, and III. Athlete's individual performances earn points for their institution and...

 for Division II in 1997, 1998 and 2001. It was also the home stadium for the Saint Louis Athletica of Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...

 for part their 2009 season, during which the capacity was expanded to 5,000 seats. They then started playing at Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park

Anheuser-Busch Center

The Anheuser-Busch Center, also known as Soccer Park, is located in Fenton, Missouri, a suburb southwest of downtown St. Louis. It was the home field of A.C. St. Louis. Opening in 1982 as the St. Louis Soccer Park, the Anheuser-Busch Center has been the home to regional sporting events at the...

.

The track features eight 48-inch lanes, with European-style broad turns (118 meters) and short straightaways (82 meters). The field event facilities include two high jump aprons (both inside the oval), six pole vault runways (two inside the oval, four outside), four long jump / triple jump pits (all inside the oval), five shot put rings (three inside the oval, five discus rings (three inside the oval, two outside), two hammer throw rings (both outside the oval), and two javelin throw runways (both outside the oval).

The record single-day attendance for a track & field competition is 11,072 on July 10, 1994 at the U.S. Olympic Festival.