Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium

Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium
The Greatest Setting in College Football
Aerial view of the Husky Stadium before the renovation
Earlier names
Husky Stadium (until 2015)
Data
place	3800 Montlake Blvd. NE Seattle , Washington
Coordinates	47 ° 39 '1.1 "  N , 122 ° 18' 5.8"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '1.1 "  N , 122 ° 18' 5.8"  W.
owner	University of Washington
operator	University of Washington
start of building	May 17, 1920
opening	November 27, 1920 August 31, 2013
Renovations	1936, 1938, 1950, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1989, 2011-2013
surface	Ash (1920-1937) natural grass (1938-1967) artificial grass (since 1968) AstroTurf (1968-1999) FieldTurf (since 2000)
costs	600,000 US dollars (1920) 280 million US dollars (conversion 2011-2013)
architect	Bebb and Gould (1920) 360 Architects (renovation 2011-2013)
capacity	70,083 places (since 2014) 70,138 places (2013) 72,500 places (1987–2011) 58,000 places (1968–1986) 55,000 places (1950–1967) 40,000 places (1936–1949) 30,000 places (1920–1935)
Societies)
Washington Huskies ( NCAA - college football , 1920–2011, since 2013) Seattle Seahawks ( NFL , 1994, 2000-2001)
Events
Apple Cup Goodwill Games 1990

The Husky Stadium is the stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle , state of Washington in the northwestern United States . It is primarily used by the university's college football team , the Washington Huskies from the Pacific-12 Conference . It currently offers 70,083 places.

history

Construction began in 1920 in the southeast corner of the campus near the shores of Lake Washington ; on November 27 of the same year, the horseshoe-shaped sports facility was inaugurated with the American football game Washington vs. Dartmouth (10:28) in front of 24,500 spectators. At that time the facility held 30,000 spectators and the construction costs amounted to the sum of 600,000 US dollars . The construction was designed in such a way that the players are blinded as little as possible by the sun during the afternoon games.

The first expansion with 10,000 additional places was made in 1936. Furthermore, 3,000 seats were added on the edge of the grandstand in 1938. In 1950, the stadium was added with a covered grandstand on the south side for 1.7 million US dollars . This increased the capacity by a further 15,000 places to 55,000 places. After adding more seats in 1968 on the north side, the roof of the south stand was replaced in 1980. In 1987, the covered north stand with 13,000 seats was built for 13 million US dollars. This brought the stadium to the capacity of 72,500 spectators. In 1989 the old wooden benches on the west side were replaced with modern aluminum seats.

On September 3, 2015, the University of Washington announced that with the resident also in Seattle airline Alaska Airlines a ten-year sponsorship deal over the naming rights has been completed. The stadium will be called Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium in the future . The contract is worth 41 million US dollars (around 36.7 million euros ).

Renovation 2011-2013

From November 7, 2011, the Washington Huskies stadium was rebuilt. In the meantime, the team played their games at CenturyLink Field , the home of the Seattle Seahawks from the NFL . The construction plan envisaged the complete new construction of the old lower tier as well as the longitudinal stand to the south with the removal of the athletics facility. The entire project will be a. privately financed through donations, the sale of naming rights and the expected audience and box revenue. The conversion is completed u. a. with an underground car park with 200 parking spaces, 27 suites and 42 boxes and more than 2,500 premium seats, including the Don James Center with 560 spaces. The architectural office 360 Architects is responsible for the redesign of the sports facility . The developer is Wright Runstad & Company and the main contractor is Turner Construction .

After completion, the home of the huskies held 70,138 spectators. Ultimately, the cost was $ 280 million (around € 213 million). In mid-July 2013, the renovation work was close to being completed. The Huskies' inauguration and first game took place on August 31, 2013 against Boise State . The home side won by a clear 38: 6.

Events

In addition to the Washington Huskies league games, the Apple Cup will be held in the stadium . The Apple Cup is the game played by the two football teams from Washington State's largest universities. The huskies from the University of Washington (UW) compete against the cougars from Washington State University (WSU). This game has been played since 1900 and the venue changes annually between the two stadiums of the universities.

In 1990 the Goodwill Games took place in Seattle . The Husky Stadium was the main sports venue for the event. The opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics competitions took place there. In 1994, 2000 and 2001, the Seattle Seahawks NFL team played at the Huskies Stadium. The reason for this was in 1994 that panels of the roof lining in the Kingdome came loose and fell down. So they moved during the repair work. There was another guest appearance in 2000 and 2001. After the Kingdome was demolished in March 2000 and the Seahawks ' new home , the Seahawks Stadium , had to be built on the same site; they played again temporarily in the university stadium.

gallery

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  The stadium during construction in 1920

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  The stadium photographed from Union Bay on Lake Washington (2007)

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  The 100th Apple Cup in 2007 at Husky Stadium

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  The stadium under renovation on April 6, 2012

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  The converted stadium as seen from Lake Washington (2015)

panorama

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Game between the Washington Huskies and the USC Trojans on September 19, 2009

See also

• List of the largest stadiums in the world

Web links

Commons : Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• gohuskies.com: stadium on the site of the Washington Huskies (English)
• oxblue.com: Webcams of the construction site (English)
• worldstadiums.com: Stadiums in the United States - Washington (English)
• Data on the stadium ( Memento from March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• blog.seattlepi.com: Report on the Apple Cup 2009 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Husky Stadium ( Memento from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ Stadium Facts / Tradition ( Memento from December 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
3. ↑ geekwire.com: UW inks $ 41M deal with Alaska Airlines for Husky Stadium naming rights article from September 3, 2015 (English)
4. ↑ Project Timeline ( Memento from December 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
5. ↑ Financial Plan ( Memento of December 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) [financing plan ] (English)
6. ↑ wrightrunstad.com: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: data on the conversion ) ( PDF , 3.0 MB, English)
7. ↑ huskystadium.com: The Don James Center Experience ( Memento from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
8. ↑ wrightrunstad.com: Husky Stadium (English)
9. ↑ usatoday.com: Husky Stadium to debut after $ 280M renovation article dated August 29, 2013
10. ↑ scores.espn.go.com: Washington hands Boise St. worst loss under Chris Petersen (English)