Gowans Stadium

 Home of Blue Dragon Football and
Blue Dragon Men’s and Women’s Track and Field

The home of the Blue Dragon football and Blue Dragon track & field, Gowans Stadium is one of the premier athletic venues in the state of Kansas. Gowans Stadium has hosted the NJCAA Football National Playoff Semifinals and is the host of the Salt City Bowl.

The Blue Dragon football team has made Gowans Stadium its home since the 1930s. In addition, Gowans was also the home site of the track & field program’s premiere event – the Hutchinson Night Relays, which was ran from 1945 to 1991 and returned in 2007 after a 16-year hiatus.

Gowans Stadium has scene many additions and renovations in its lifetime, beginning with a $5.5 million project in 2004 turned the stadium into a 5,500-seat venue, added a new pressbox, installed a Field-Turf playing surface, a new track, new drainage system and the first DragonVision videoboard on its north side.

Along the northwest side of Gowans Stadium are the office for the Blue Dragon football program. The Jack Mull Football Complex houses the Blue Dragon football team’s Dragon Den Players’ Lounge, its locker room, the Lou Peel Weight Training Center, and coaches offices.

In April 2022, Gowans Stadium added “another feather to its cap” and its newest feature with a newer and bigger 40-by-30-foot videoboard was built on the south side of Gowans Stadium to enhance the in-game experience. In the summer of 2023, a new layer of turf was installed as well. The addition of the videoboard adds the ability to produce live video, motion graphics, hype videos, instant replay and more. Blue Dragon Athletics also uses the videoboard for community events, such as movie nights.

Gowans Stadium is also the home for Hutchinson High School athletics. In addition, Gowans Stadium is the host site of the KSHSAA Class 3A State Football Championship games. It has also hosted the NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2025.

Address: 500 Block East 11th Avenue
(Just east of the corner of 11th Avenue and Plum and the Kansas Cosmosphere)

Parking: Main parking is located in the West Sports Arena parking lot (located east of the stadium). A secondary lot is located to the south of the stadium and Cosmosphere. A lighted crosswalk is available to safely cross 11th Avenue. Alternate parking is located in the Lockman Hall Parking Lot on 14th Avenue just east of Plum (which is just north of the stadium).