4,500 seats
Room for the whole Snider family — students, alumni, and neighbors — under the lights.
Snider High School · Fort Wayne
54 Years
in the Making
The Panthers finally have a home field
After more than half a century, Snider football comes home — to a stadium of its own.
54Years waiting
$22.5MInvestment
4,500Seats
Aug 28First home game, 2026
The story
Half a century as the home team — without a home
For more than fifty years, Snider’s Panthers played their “home” games on someone else’s field — busing across town to Spuller Stadium on Northrop’s campus. Generations of Snider players, bands, and families never once walked out of their own locker room and onto their own turf under Friday-night lights.
“54 years plus in the making.”
— Dr. Mark Daniel, FWCS SuperintendentNow it’s real: a $22.5 million, 4,500-seat, multi-use stadium on Snider’s own campus — and on Friday, August 28, 2026, the Panthers host their first true home game.
“It’s like Christmas. Everything is new and exciting… for the Snider community to have something to call its own.”
— Kurt Tippmann, Snider Head Football CoachWhat’s inside
Built for the whole Panther community
Secure ticketed entry
Modern, controlled entrances designed for safety on game night.
Panther Pride Spirit Store
An on-site home for Snider gear and school pride.
Concessions & restrooms
Full modern amenities — no more making do on a borrowed field.
Trainer's room
On-site athletic training and care for Snider's athletes.
Team collaboration room
A dedicated space for the team to prepare, review, and grow together.
How we got here
From borrowed field to home turf
- Five decades
Home games on Northrop's campus
Snider hosts its “home” football at Spuller Stadium — never on its own grounds.
- 2023
The board commits
Fort Wayne Community Schools approves the $22.5 million stadium project — a long-overdue investment in Snider.
- March 2025
Kept on campus
FWCS weighs and declines a downtown riverfront alternative — choosing to build the stadium where it belongs: at Snider.
- May 2025
Ground breaks
Shovels in the dirt on Snider's campus — construction begins on the Panthers' first home stadium.
- August 28, 2026
Home opener
For the first time in school history, the Panthers take their own field for a home game — Friday night, under Snider's own lights.
A note from Noah
“I walked Snider’s halls. My daughters graduated as Panthers. So bringing this stadium home — as a proud alum and a member of the board that made it happen — is personal. Fifty-four years is a long wait. Welcome home, Panthers.”
— Noah Smith, Snider alumnus & FWCS Board PresidentWelcome home, Panthers
Friday, August 28, 2026 — the first home game in Snider’s history, on Snider’s own field.