The Long Island Lizards will play their home games at the Mitchel Athletic Complex this upcoming Major League Lacrosse season. Mitchel Field is located on Charles Lindbergh Blvd in Uniondale, NY, a short drive from the Lizards old home, Hofstra Stadium.

The all-bleacher stadium seats 9,969 spectators, with no end seating. The move will provide a more intimate setting then offered by Hofstra Stadium, which had a seating capacity of over 16,000. The stadium also houses the New York Power, a professional womens soccer team, and the Long Island Roughriders, a semi-pro mens soccer team.

In the summer of 2000, a stop on the MLL Summer Showcase, a six-game exhibition tour, was held at Mitchel. The event drew over 5,000 fans to root on Casey Powell and other current Lizards that participated in the all- star tour.

Major League Lacrosse released the 2003 tentative schedule this week, with the season opener slated for Saturday, May 31st; a rematch of the 2001 and 2002 MLL Championship Games, with Long Island taking on Baltimore at Homewood Field. June 6th marks the return of professional lacrosse to Mitchel Field, when the Lizards take on the Rochester Rattlers in the home opener.

Under the new schedule format, each of the regular season games is more important then ever, with a short 12-game regular season. The playoffs, scheduled for the weekend of August 23rd, remains in the same format, with the top four teams advancing regardless of division. An all-star game will also be held, with a time and location to be announced at a later date.