Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (Columbia, South Carolina)

Coordinates: 33°59′16″N 81°01′30″W / 33.9877°N 81.0250°W

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Stone Stadium
Construction
"The Graveyard"

View of the stadium during a game in 2009

Address	Columbia, South Carolina United States
Owner	University of South Carolina
Operator	USC Athletics
Type	Soccer-specific stadium
Capacity	5,000
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	1981
Opened	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Tenants
South Carolina Gamecocks (NCAA) teams: men's soccer (1996-Present) Professional teams: Columbia Heat (PDL) (1996) Palmetto FC Bantams (2012-Present)
Website
gamecocksonline.com/stone-stadium

Eugene E. Stone III Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located in Columbia, South Carolina on the campus of the University of South Carolina. The 5,000 seat ground is home to the USC Gamecocks soccer teams since 1981, when the Gamecocks started the men's program in 1978.

The current grandstand was built in 1996 thanks to a $1 million grant from Eugene E. Stone III, a Carolina graduate.

The nickname "the Graveyard" comes from the stadium's proximity to the House of Peace cemetery.

The women's team plays in the Southeastern Conference, while the men's team moves from Conference USA to the Sun Belt Conference effective with the 2022 season. Men's soccer is not sanctioned by the SEC; Carolina and the other SEC men's soccer school, Kentucky, played in C-USA from 2005 through 2021, and moved together to the Sun Belt in 2022.

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33°59′16″N 81°01′30″W / 33.9877°N 81.0250°W / 33.9877; -81.0250

v t e South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer
Venues	Eugene E. Stone III Stadium
Rivalries	Clemson Kentucky Coastal Carolina
Culture & lore	Mark Berson Cocky Mighty Sound of the Southeast "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1979 2001 2004 2005
National championship seasons in bold; College Cup seasons in italics

v t e Soccer stadiums of the Southeastern Conference
Alabama Soccer Stadium (Alabama) Donald R. Dizney Stadium (Florida) Turner Soccer Complex (Georgia) Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex (Kentucky) LSU Soccer Stadium (LSU) Audrey J. Walton Stadium (Missouri) Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (South Carolina) Regal Stadium (Tennessee) Mike A. Myers Stadium (Texas) Ellis Field (Texas A&M)

v t e Soccer stadiums of the Sun Belt Conference
Men & women	CCU Soccer Complex (Coastal Carolina) Bo Pitts Field (Georgia Southern) Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex (Marshall) Old Dominion Soccer Complex (Old Dominion)
Men only	Bell Soccer Complex (Kentucky) Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (South Carolina) UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (UCF) Dlesk Soccer Stadium (West Virginia)
Women only	Appalachian Soccer Stadium (Appalachian State) Brown Stadium (Louisiana–Monroe) The Cage (South Alabama) Troy Soccer Complex (Troy)

University of South Carolina

Located in: Columbia, South Carolina

Academics

Athletics

Teams	South Carolina Gamecocks
Men's sports	Baseball Basketball Football Golf Soccer Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and field
Women's sports	Basketball Beach Volleyball Golf Soccer Softball Tennis Track and field Volleyball
Facilities	Carolina Coliseum Colonial Life Arena Eugene E. Stone III Stadium Founders Park Williams–Brice Stadium Sarge Frye Field (former)

Campus

Student life

Miscellaneous

Founded: 1801
Students: 34,099
Endowment: $809.9 million

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