Chalmette High School - Bobby Nuss Stadium

Bobby Nuss Stadium

Bobby Nuss Stadium is Chalmette's football, soccer, and track and field stadium.

The stadium became officially named on November 1, 1991, in a pre-game ceremony. The stadium was named after Bobby Nuss, a longtime Chalmette football coach who died of a heart attack the year prior to the ceremony.

The stadium's former name was Noel Suarez Stadium, which is now the name of the Owls' baseball field, next door to Nuss Stadium.

Many memorable moments in Chalmette's athletic history have occurred in the stadium. In 2001, the New Orleans' area single game rushing record was broken twice in a three-week span, both times at Nuss Stadium. In addition to this accomplishment, the Owls Football Team completed a 10-0 regular season, their first ever and only one to date, in 2003.

Chalmette football has won district championships in 1961, 1968, 1992, 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2004, but has won multiple playoff games once, in 1968, when they made it to the state semifinals.

The stadium was flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina, but was repaired in time for the 2006 football season. Its reopening was compared to the New Orleans Saints reopening of the Louisiana Superdome. For the 2007 football season, artificial turf and a new scoreboard with a messaging board were added. The stadium seats 3,750 on the visitor's side and 4,050 on the home side, with concession stands on both sides.

In 2012, Chalmette High unveiled the finest football fieldhouse in the state of Louisiana, with other schools' coaches being envious when they traveled to Chalmette for games and toured it. The first floor features a locker room, coaches' offices, art classrooms, gym, and a storage area. The second floor has meeting rooms, the weight room, a media room, a running track above the gym, and overlooks the field, giving a great view of the action.