Griffon Football and Soccer call Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium home. The stadium opened its doors in September of 1979 with a 44-0 Griffon victory over Dana College.
Griffon soccer played its first contest in Spratt in September of 2006 after conducting the first season in program history at Riverside Soccer Complex.
In November of 2014, the announcement of planned renovations to the stadium was made. An estimated $7.8 million in improvements are planned to be complete by the fall of 2015. In August of 2015, the announcement of a $2.6 million video board was made. The 2,500 square foot display will be the largest in NCAA Division II and was made possible by the largest individual gift in MWSU Athletics history. Steve Craig donated $1.1 million toward the project and became the namesake of Craig Field at Spratt Memorial Stadium.
SPRATT STADIUM RENOVATION INFORMATION
The stadium is named in memory of avid Griffon supporter Eliiot "Bub" Spratt and was constructed at a total cost of $850,000. Lights were added to the facility in 1985 as the Griffons defeated Missouri-Rolla 24-15 on September 4, 1985.
The stadium complex has gone through major renovations with the installation of a ProGrass synthetic field turf in 2006 and increased seating capacity to 10,000 following the renovation of the visitors' side seating in September of 2009 and can also accommodate spacious hillside seating. In addition to Griffon Football Soccer and Women's Lacrosse, the Spratt Stadium Complex is the home of the Kansas City Chiefs Summer Training Camp, the St. Joseph High School Football Jamboree and formerly was the host of the Missouri State High School Eight Man Football Championship.
Prior to occupying Spratt Stadium, MWSU played its home football games at Noyes Field, a city-owned facility in midtown St. Joseph.
On July 21, 2010, the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex was completed and officially opened. The facility serves Griffon football, softball, baseball, soccer, men's golf, women's lacrosse and women's golf teams, and is the summer training camp home of the Kansas City Chiefs. The facility features a full 100-yard turf indoor field, a state-of-the-art locker room, which can accommodate up to 120 players, as well as coaches offices, a dedicated weight training facility for Griffon student-athletes, meeting rooms, a 120 seat theatre, equipment room and athletic training room. The facilities available to Griffon student-athletes rival those of any collegiate or professional sports organization.
Total cost of the building portion of the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex was $10.3 million.
GISC Amenities:
Indoor Field
The major "wow" factor of the facility is the indoor field portion of the complex. The field includes markings for football and soccer. Overhead netting allow the Griffon softball, baseball and golf teams to conduct practices if needed. The facility is large enough to accomodate a regulation softball field. Climate controll affords comfortable practice conditions 365 days a year.
Herzog Strength Training Room
The 5,500 square foot Herzog Strength Training Room is located adjacent to the indoor field. The latest technology in Hammer Strength Equipment logoed with Griffon decals is available for the exclusive use by Griffon Student-Athletes.
KCP&L Theatre
The 120 seat KCP&L Theatre allows Griffon teams to hold full team meetings and film sessions, or with the use of a partition, the ability to split the room and have a separate offensive and defensive meeting at the same time. This room is equipped with state-of-the-art audio visual equipment including two large projection television screens and surround sound.
Classrooms
The facility houses ten smart classrooms which are used by MWSU students and are also perfect for position meetings or other team functions.
Griffon Football Locker Room
Each Griffon football student-athlete has the exclusive use of their own NFL quality oak locker. All lockers were designed and built by Chiefs staff to match lockers at Arrowhead Stadium and include ample space for equipment, gear and other personal belongings. Each locker also includes an electrical outlet. In all, the area houses 120 lockers, an equipment room, spacious showers and restroom facilities and training room located just steps apart.
Athletic Training Room
The professional quality training room features ample taping stations, training tables and other equipment essential to the health of student-athletes. A triage area is located in the room of the room along with two walk-in hydro therapy pools.