FAU Stadium
| FAU Stadium | |
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| The House that Howard Built | |
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 Boca Raton , Florida
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 22 '34.3 " N , 80 ° 6' 5.7" W |
| owner | Florida Atlantic University |
| operator | Florida Atlantic University |
| start of building | 2010 |
| opening | October 15, 2011 |
| First game | October 15, 2011 Florida Atlantic Owls - Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 20-0 |
| surface | Natural grass ( Bermuda grass ) |
| costs | 70 million US dollars |
| architect | HKS / Schenkel Shultz |
| capacity | 29,419 seats |
| playing area | 109.72 × 68.58 m (120 × 75 yd ) |
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The FAU Stadium (full name: Florida Atlantic University Stadium ) is a college football - stadium in the US city of Boca Raton , Florida . It is owned by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and is in the north corner of campus . The university's NCAA football team, the Florida Atlantic Owls , play their games at the sports facility .
The stadium
The stadium, which costs 70 million US dollars, offers 29,419 seats in the uncovered grandstands. A multi-storey building with 32 boxes , 24 suites and the press stand sits enthroned on the main stand.
The stadium opened on October 15, 2011 with a game between the Florida Atlantic Owls and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers . The home side celebrated a clear 20-0 victory. The nickname The House did Howard Built refers to Howard Schnellnberger , the Florida Atlantic Owls built and by 2011 as head coach trained. When Schnellenberger started his work, he saw the construction of a stadium on campus as one of the most urgent tasks. In the absence of a stadium of their own, the Owls competed in the Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens in 2001 and 2002 and from 2003 to 2010 the Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale was the venue for the FAU Owls.
3916 tons of structural steel , 400 tons of aluminum and 15,800 tons of concrete were used for the entire construction . The floodlight system consists of a total of 160 spotlights, which are distributed over six masts and the main grandstand. Furthermore, 195 palm trees were planted on the stadium grounds .
Surname
In February 2013, FAU signed a 12-year contract with the local GEO Group , a company that operates private prisons and psychiatric facilities , on the naming rights to the stadium. The agreement should raise $ 6 million for the university. However, there was immediate resistance to the naming GEO Group Stadium . Student and civil rights groups demonstrated against the stadium name. The name change should be reversed by means of a petition . At the time, the term Owlcatraz , based on the famous Alcatraz prison island in San Francisco Bay , was coined. On April 1, 2013, the GEO Group withdrew from the agreement due to the protests and the stadium was renamed FAU Stadium again.
other events
On their trip to the USA in 2013, the German national soccer team played an international test match against Ecuador on May 29 . After 24 minutes, the DFB team was leading 4-0 in front of 5500 spectators, despite the lack of regular players, and after the final whistle it was 4-2. Lukas Podolski scored one of the fastest goals in German international history after just nine seconds.
The US women's national team had previously celebrated two wins at the FAU Stadium. On December 15, 2012, they held the upper hand 4-1 against China . On February 8, 2014, she celebrated a sovereign 7-0 win against the team from Russia .
Since the 2014 season the newly founded carries Lacrosse - Franchise of Florida Launch ( MLL ) their games at the stadium FAU unsubscribe. In December 2014, the stadium will host the first ever Boca Raton Bowl . The NCAA football game will initially be held annually in the stadium until 2019.
gallery
The stadium on the opening day
In front of the stadium
The stadium scoreboard
Web links
- fausports.com: stadium on the website of the University (English)
- tcpalm.com: Data on the stadium (English)
- europlan-online.de: Pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ weblogs.sun-sentinel.com: And the winner is --- HKS / Schenkel-Shultz article from July 15, 2008 (English)
- ↑ fausports.com: FAU Stadium (English)
- ↑ articles.sun-sentinel.com: FAU has day to remember, game to forget Article from October 15, 2011 (English)
- ↑ tcpalm.com: FAU's new stadium: 'House that Howard built' article from October 12, 2011 (English)
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Prison operator buys stadium naming rights Article dated February 21, 2013
- ↑ sun-sentinel.com: UPDATE: Group starts petition to remove GEO Group name from FAU Stadium Article from February 21, 2013
- ↑ action.dreamactivist.org: Petition: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY: DROP THE GEO GROUP! (English)
- ↑ articles.sun-sentinel.com: GEO withdraws gift, naming rights for FAU stadium Article from April 1, 2013 (English)
- ↑ faz.net: 4: 2 against Ecuador German B-Elf plays 1A football Article from May 29, 2013
- ↑ nytimes.com: Wambach scores twice, USWNT beats China 4-1 article from December 16, 2012 (English)
- ↑ ussoccer.com: US WNT Rolls to 7-0 Victory Against Russia in Boca Raton, Fla. ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Article from February 8, 2014 (English)
- ↑ articles.sun-sentinel.com: Launch to play at FAU Stadium Article from January 30, 2014 (English)
- ↑ mac-sports.com: MAC Announces The Creation Of The Boca Raton Bowl ( Memento from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Article from October 11, 2013 (English)