Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium

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Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at Joe Jamail Field
DKR
The Texas Longhorns evening game against the Kansas Jayhawks on October 29, 2011
The Texas Longhorns evening game against the Kansas Jayhawks on October 29, 2011
Earlier names

War Memorial Stadium (1924–1947)
Memorial Stadium (1948–1976)
Texas Memorial Stadium (1977–1995)

Data
place 405 East 23rd Street Austin , Texas 78712
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 30 ° 17 '1.2 "  N , 97 ° 43' 57.2"  W Coordinates: 30 ° 17 '1.2 "  N , 97 ° 43' 57.2"  W.
owner University of Texas at Austin
operator University of Texas at Austin
start of building April 4, 1924
opening November 27, 1924
First game November 8, 1924
Texas Longhorns - Baylor Bears 10:28
Renovations 1955, 1977, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2013
Extensions 1926, 1948, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1997–1999, 2006–2009, 2019–2021 (planned)
surface Natural grass (1924–1968, 1996–2008)
Artificial turf (1969–1995)
FieldTurf (since 2009)
costs $ 275,000 (1924)
architect Herbert M. Greene (1924)
capacity 95,594 places (since 2019)
100,119 places (2009–2018)
94,113 places (2008)
85,123 places (2006–2007)
80,092 places (1999–2005)
79,471 places (1998)
75,512 places (1997)
77,809 places (1971–1996)
66,397 Places (1968–1970)
60,916 places (1964–1967)
60,136 places (1948–1963)
40,500 places (1926–1947)
27,000 places (1924–1925)
Societies)

The Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (full name: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at Joe Jamail Field ) is a college football - stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin in the US state of Texas . It is the home of the Texas Longhorns college football team , which is organized in the NCAA ( Big 12 Conference ). With an official capacity of 100,119, it is the sixth largest stadium in the NCAA and the eighth largest in North America. During construction work in the south, the space available is reduced to 95,594.

history

Construction and dedication

In 1923, Theo Bellmont, the former sports director of the University of Texas, and 30 student leaders presented the university board of directors with the idea of ​​replacing the wooden stands at Clark Field with a new stadium. When it was completed in 1924, the stadium was hailed as "the largest sports facility in the southwest" with a 27,000 spectator capacity. The sports facility was planned as a multi-purpose facility with a 440-yard lane (400 meters) around the football field. The sports facility was financed by donations from students and alumni. Construction costs were $ 275,000.

The stadium was dedicated to honor the 198,520 Texans - 5280 of whom lost their lives - who fought in World War I. A statue representing democracy was placed on the north side of the stadium. During the Second World War , the stadium lost many former players and coaches. On September 18, 1948, the stadium was rededicated to the men and women who died in the war.

In 1996, the facility was named after legendary football coach Darrell K Royal , who led the Texas Longhorns to three national championships and eleven Southwest Conference titles.

Extensions

The first stadium expansion was carried out as early as 1926 and the audience capacity increased to 40,500. In 1948 the capacity increased again to 60,130. Extensions followed again in 1969 (75,504) and 1999 (80,082). From 2005 the stadium was again in a renovation and expansion phase, the first phase of which ended in 2006 mainly comprised improvements to the fire protection equipment. A new high-definition video scoreboard (nickname: "Godzillatron") was also built with an area of ​​685 m², which was the largest in the world at the time, but was soon surpassed by a new scoreboard in Tokyo. The second phase began in 2006 and again included seat extensions. After the expansion of the north and south end zones in 2008 and 2009 respectively, the official audience capacity was 100,119.

The final phase of the stadium expansion deals with the end zone in the south. Seats, club seats, boxes and a new video display board are to be built. In 2018, the university announced that it would invest 175 million US dollars in the expansion of the southern end zone. The open side in the south of the horseshoe-shaped stadium is to be closed with the new grandstand. The renovation or expansion designed by Populous should be ready for use by the 2021 season.

gallery

  • The north end zone after the stadium expansion in 2008

  • The "Godzillatron" seen from the north end zone

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Panoramic view during the game against the Colorado Buffaloes on October 15, 2005

See also

Web links

Commons : Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium . In: TexasSports.com . University of Texas at Austin . 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  2. ↑ Chuck Harvey: Longhorns Eye 112K Seating Capacity. In: constructionequipmentguide.com. December 3, 2019, accessed on July 23, 2020 .