Busch Stadium isn’t only for Cardinals baseball games anymore. The stadium will house concerts, a soccer game and for the first time ever, an NCAA football game.
It was announced Monday that Southeast Missouri State University will take on Southern Illinois University in the stadium in September.
Bill DeWitt the third, President of the Cardinals, says it’s great to showcase the venue, but is a lot of work.
“But having big concerts here, and other types of sports really stretches the limits of our staff and I want to thank them in advance,” DeWitt said.
Cardinals field staff will have plenty of time, about 6 days, to convert the baseball diamond into a usable football field.
But they’ll have less than 2 days after the game to get it ready for when the Cardinals return to play the Nationals.
Vicki Bryan, VP of Event Services for the Cardinals, says they have taken that into account.
“We are trying to minimize the amount of the infield that is going to be affected, and so we don’t have to take out the pitcher’s mound,” Bryan said.
The football field will take place mostly in the outfield.
Tickets will go on sale in June and revenues will be split up between the respective schools and the Cardinals organization.
