Pioneer Field (Football/Lacrosse/Soccer)
Ticketing
Football
All home football games are ticketed events.
Card-Only Purchasing. Please pre-purchase your tickets at https://tusculumpioneers.com/information/tickets.
$15 for Adult General Admission (ages 13-64)
$10 Child and Senior General Admission (Ages 6-12 and 65+)
Free Admission to all children ages 5 and under
Soccer/Lacrosse
All Soccer and Lacrosse games are free admission.
Seating
Football
Seating for home fans is located in the main grandstand on the North side of the stadium. Only home supporters will be allowed through the North Gate.
Visiting fans are required to sit in the visiting bleachers located on the south side of the stadium. Visiting fans are required to enter through the South Gate located in the south Corner of the stadium near the Indoor Practice Facility.
Soccer/Lacrosse
Seating is only permitted in the main grandstand of Pioneer Field located on the North side of the stadium, closest to the Meen Center. The south gate will be closed to all spectators.
Concessions
Football
Concessions are sold at all home football games. There are two concession stands, one for each side of the stadium. The home concession stand is located on the main concourse. Visiting concession stand is located near the South Gate, next to the IPF Bathrooms.
Soccer/Lacrosse
Concessions are not sold at any soccer/lacrosse games.
Parking
Football
Home fans are asked to park in the Meen Center Lot, Catherine Hall Lot, or Niswonger Parking lot.
Visiting Fans are asked to park in the IPF Parking Lot or the Outdoor Practice Field Parking lot.
Soccer/Lacrosse
All spectators are asked to park in the Meen Center Parking lot. The south gate will be closed to spectators.
Renovations to Pioneer Field included a two-story press box, new lighting, concession areas, restroom facilities and improvements to spectator seating.
The press box facility consists of 8,000-square feet designed to match the architectural style of the campus’s most classic buildings. The press box can accommodate 30 members of the media as well as coaches, film crews and scouts. A President’s Suite was also constructed and is located on the second floor at midfield and can accommodate 30 fans. Restroom facilities were also added to the second floor.
Below the press box facility, on the stadium concourse are concession areas and restroom facilities. The concession area is located facing the playing field so fans won’t miss any of the action.
Seating for 2,500 spectators is located on the north grandstand, including 200 chair back seats. Special orange “cap seats” were added during the renovation phase along with the addition of new bleachers and aisle railings.
Bleachers on the “visitors’ side” were constructed providing seating for 1,000 spectators, giving Pioneer Field its present seating capacity of 3,500. With the addition of grass bern areas on the north side of the complex and behind the east end zone, Pioneer Field could accommodate 5,000 spectators. That came to pass in 2003 as over 4,100 fans packed Pioneer Field as Tusculum defeated archrival Carson-Newman 27-18.
The field house behind the west end zone features locker room facilities that can be divided into four separate dressing areas. Also featured in the field house is a dressing area for officials, a conference room and preparation areas for athletic training and medical staffs. On the roof of the field house, an end zone filming area was also constructed.
Along with the field house, concession areas and restrooms were built to serve spectators in the south grandstand area.
New lighting and standards were added, which has greatly improved the amount of illumination during home events. The lighting system is identical to the one used at the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.
The bermuda grass playing surface, considered one of the best in the region, also received special attention. New sod on the sideline areas for soccer and in both end zones were added.
New parking facilities were added in close proximity of the stadium and the indoor practice facility.
In its history, Pioneer Field has hosted several tournaments and championships over the years, including the South Atlantic Conference Soccer Tournaments three times (2000-02), the NCAA Division II Region Men’s Soccer Tournaments three times (2004, 2007, 2008) and the 2005 NCAA II Southeast Region Women’s Soccer Championship.
In 2008, the facility hosted the both the first round of the NCAA Football Playoffs and the NCAA Southeast Men’s Soccer Regional on the same weekend. TU later hosted a NCAA II Men’s Soccer National Quarterfinal match against Tampa in 2008.
