Jordan-Hare Stadium

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Jordan-Hare Stadium
The Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn (2008)
The Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn (2008)
Earlier names

Auburn Stadium (1939-1949)
Cliff Hare Stadium (1949-1973)

Data
place 251 South Donahue Drive Auburn , Alabama 36849
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 32 ° 36 ′ 8 ″  N , 85 ° 29 ′ 21 ″  W Coordinates: 32 ° 36 ′ 8 ″  N , 85 ° 29 ′ 21 ″  W
owner Auburn University (Auburn University System)
operator Auburn University (Auburn University System)
opening November 9, 1939
First game November 30, 1939
Auburn Tigers - Florida Gators 7-7
Extensions 1949, 1955, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1987, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2011
surface Natural grass
costs 1,446,900 US dollars (1939)
architect Warren, Knight and Davis (1939)
capacity 87,451 places (since 2004)
86,063 places (2001–2003)
85,612 places (2000)
85,214 places (1987–1999)
72,169 places (1980–1986)
61,261 places (1970–1979)
44,500 places (1960–1969)
34,500 places (1955 –1959)
21,500 places (1949–1954)
15,000 places (1939–1948)
Societies)
Events
  • Auburn Tigers football games (NCAA, since 1939)
  • Auburn High School Tigers Football Games ( AHSAA , 1939-1947)

The Jordan-Hare Stadium is a Football - Stadium on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn , in the US state of Alabama . It serves as the venue for the home games of the NCAA college team's Auburn Tigers . The sports complex has a spectator capacity of 87,451. The venue was named after Ralph Jordan , the university's most successful football coach, and Cliff Hare , a member of Auburn University's first football team. In 2005 the field was named Pat Dye Field after the former player and coach Pat Dye. Since then, the stadium has been called Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium .

history

The stadium was built in 1939 with a capacity of 7,290 seats. Other sources give 15,000 places. The original name was called Auburn Stadium and was replaced by Cliff Hare Stadium in 1949 . At that time the capacity was already 21,500. In 1951, Ralph Jordan coached the Tigers and continued to do so in 1973 when the stadium was named after him.

With the extensions of the western upper tier in 1980 and the Eastern Upper rank in 1987, the stadium was the largest in the state of Alabama and remained so until 2006, when the Bryant-Denny Stadium of the University of Alabama has been expanded to 92,138 seats. Before the 2007 season, the US dollar was one for 2.9 million high-definition - video wall installed in the southern end zone.

gallery

  • Construction work to expand the stadium in November 1979.

  • The spectator stands in the east (2005).

  • Before the Auburn Tigers game against the Florida Gators on October 14, 2006.

  • View of the Auburn University sports facilities. The Samford Stadium-Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park baseball stadium adjacent to Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum multi-purpose hall for basketball and gymnastics southeast of the football stadium (2008).

Web links

Commons : Jordan-Hare Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ whiterocketbooks.com: 1939: Auburn Stadium ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.whiterocketbooks.com
  2. ↑ thewareaglereader.com: The original capacity of Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium was twice as much as everyone says article dated October 21, 2014