Buck Shaw Stadium
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Buck Shaw Stadium is a former multi-purpose sports venue in Santa Clara, California, best known in recent years for hosting Major League Soccer matches before being replaced by a modern soccer-specific stadium.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buck Shaw Stadium canonical | 3 |
| Buck Shaw Field | 1 |
| Buck Shaw Field at Stevens Stadium | 1 |
| Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1033862 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buck Shaw Stadium Context triple: [San Jose Earthquakes, previousStadium, Buck Shaw Stadium]
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A.
Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Ladd–Peebles Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, best known for hosting college football games and the Senior Bowl all-star game for many years.
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B.
SHI Stadium
SHI Stadium is a college football stadium that serves as the home field for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights.
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C.
McDonald Jones Stadium
McDonald Jones Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports venue in Newcastle, New South Wales, best known as the home ground of the Newcastle Knights (NRL) and Newcastle Jets (A-League).
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D.
Rice Stadium
Rice Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of Rice University’s football team and as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moon speech.”
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E.
Autzen Stadium
Autzen Stadium is the University of Oregon’s outdoor football stadium in Eugene, renowned for its loud game-day atmosphere and as the home field of the Oregon Ducks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buck Shaw Stadium Target entity description: Buck Shaw Stadium is a former multi-purpose sports venue in Santa Clara, California, best known in recent years for hosting Major League Soccer matches before being replaced by a modern soccer-specific stadium.
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A.
Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Ladd–Peebles Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Mobile, Alabama, best known for hosting college football games and the Senior Bowl all-star game for many years.
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B.
SHI Stadium
SHI Stadium is a college football stadium that serves as the home field for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights.
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C.
McDonald Jones Stadium
McDonald Jones Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports venue in Newcastle, New South Wales, best known as the home ground of the Newcastle Knights (NRL) and Newcastle Jets (A-League).
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D.
Rice Stadium
Rice Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of Rice University’s football team and as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moon speech.”
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E.
Autzen Stadium
Autzen Stadium is the University of Oregon’s outdoor football stadium in Eugene, renowned for its loud game-day atmosphere and as the home field of the Oregon Ducks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multi-purpose stadium
ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ stadium ⓘ |
| associatedUniversity | Santa Clara University ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 10,000 for soccer after renovations ⓘ |
| category |
College soccer venues in the United States
ⓘ
Defunct Major League Soccer stadiums ⓘ Santa Clara Broncos sports venues ⓘ Sports venues in Santa Clara County, California ⓘ |
| city | Santa Clara ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| eponymFullName | Lawrence Timothy Shaw ⓘ |
| formerName |
Buck Shaw Stadium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University
|
| hasSeatingType | bleacher seating ⓘ |
| hostedCompetitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| leagueHosted | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| locatedOn | campus of Santa Clara University ⓘ |
| location |
Santa Clara, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Clara, California
|
| namedAfter | Lawrence T. "Buck" Shaw ⓘ |
| namedForOccupationOfEponym | American football coach ⓘ |
| notableFor | hosting San Jose Earthquakes home matches before construction of a soccer-specific stadium ⓘ |
| opened | 1962 ⓘ |
| openingPurpose | home field for Santa Clara University football ⓘ |
| operator | Santa Clara University ⓘ |
| ownership | Santa Clara University ⓘ |
| primaryUseInLaterYears | soccer ⓘ |
| region | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Avaya Stadium
ⓘ
PayPal Park ⓘ |
| servedAsHomeStadiumFor | San Jose Earthquakes from 2008 to 2014 ⓘ |
| sport |
American football
ⓘ
association football ⓘ baseball ⓘ track and field ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| status |
former professional soccer venue
ⓘ
still used by Santa Clara University athletics ⓘ |
| surface | natural grass ⓘ |
| tenant |
San Jose Earthquakes
ⓘ
San Jose Earthquakes ⓘ
surface form:
San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
Santa Clara Broncos ⓘ Santa Clara Broncos men's soccer ⓘ Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer ⓘ |
| underwentRenovationFor |
Major League Soccer
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surface form:
Major League Soccer use
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| usedFor |
community events
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intercollegiate athletics ⓘ professional soccer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Buck Shaw Stadium Description of subject: Buck Shaw Stadium is a former multi-purpose sports venue in Santa Clara, California, best known in recent years for hosting Major League Soccer matches before being replaced by a modern soccer-specific stadium.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
San Jose Earthquakes
this entity surface form:
Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University
this entity surface form:
Buck Shaw Field
this entity surface form:
Buck Shaw Field at Stevens Stadium